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  • Utility ROV Services Lands Moray West Gig

    22 March 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Infrastructure, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland-based Utility ROV Services has won a contract to provide boulder and debris clearance services on the Moray West offshore wind farm. The manufacturer of the UTROV system plans to start offshore operations in the first quarter of the year. A turnkey contract was signed between the Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) and Utility ROV Services […]

  • BiFab Gets a Lifeline as Canadians Take Majority Share

    17 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Canadian company JV Driver, through its subsidiary DF Barnes, has acquired BiFab as part of an agreement brokered by the Scottish Government to support new opportunities at BiFab’s renewables and marine fabrication and construction yards in the UK.

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • Swiss Companies to Invest in TWB II OWF; FID Scheduled for April

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swiss utility Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (ewz), together with its compatriot Fontavis, today signed an agreement to invest in German Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm by acquiring 24.5% stake in the EUR 800 million project.

  • Atkins Reports Strong Year for Power Division, Offshore Wind in Focus

    17 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its financial results for the year ended on 31 March 2016, Atkins reported that its renewables business has further strengthened its position in the UK offshore wind market, thus contributing to a strong performance within its power division. Overall, Atkins recorded a revenue increase of 6% to GBP 1.86 billion. The company said its Energy business has had […]

  • 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 […]

  • Researchers to Test if Fish eDNA Makes Offshore Wind Cheaper

    11 March 2022
    R&D

    Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power, with partners EDF Renewables and NatureMetrics, has started a “first of its kind” research project to explore the use of offshore fish environmental DNA (eDNA) in survey methods for offshore wind farm environmental impact assessments. The research project is expected to commence in March 2022 at the […]

  • GAC UK Joins Beatrice Team

    14 November 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed GAC UK to provide shipping services support during the construction and installation of foundations, inter-array cables and offshore substations at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. SHL, the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contractor, will design, supply and install the piled foundations, jacket substructures and inter-array cables for the […]

  • Pronomar to Supply ‘Thialf’ with Work-Wear Drying System

    23 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Pronomar has received a new order from the Dutch established company Heerema Marine Contractors. Heerema placed an order for Pronomar’s drying systems for its deepwater construction vessel, the ‘Thialf’. The ‘Thialf’ is equipped with the following two applications: • Multipurpose drying systems for work overalls • Electrically heated drying panels for boots, shoes or gloves The wall-mounted seawater […]

  • Floating Wind JIP Picks Second Phase Study Partners

    2 March 2018
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has selected partners in projects to investigate the impact of next-generation turbines and heavy lift operations on floating wind farms up to 1GW capacity.

  • Westermost Rough Offshore Substation Installed

    3 June 2014

    Offshore construction at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm has completed its next significant milestone with the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the North Sea. The vessel Stanislav Yudin has safely lifted the offshore substation into position, and work is now underway to pull in and connect the pre-laid export […]

  • Denmark: Top HSE Managers to Attend Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit

    21 November 2012

    It is now three weeks until the leading offshore wind health and safety industry event. The Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit, taking place in Copenhagen on the 5-6th December, is selling out fast. Last week they saw a surge in bookings and numbers have now reached over 60! The top health and safety executives […]

  • Finland: MacGregor Develops Offshore Crane for Precise Load Handling

    29 May 2013
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

      MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has developed an offshore crane featuring three-axis motion compensation to carry out installations, repairs, maintenance and general service duties in the renewable energy and oil and gas markets.   A 74m infield support vessel (ISV) will debut a new MacGregor offshore crane that delivers full three-axis (x, y and z) […]

  • NKT Begins Export Cable Installation Activities at Dogger Bank

    18 April 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    NKT’s 140-metre long cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria has commenced export cable installation activities at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in the UK. The work started on 17 April and will be performed on a continuous basis in two campaigns until approximately 2 June. The first campaign includes the installation of concrete mattresses […]

  • French Government Releases Report on Marine Renewables

    8 May 2013
    Authorities

    Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Productive Recovery, Delphine Batho, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, and Frederic Cuvillier, Deputy Minister of Transport, Sea and Fisheries, welcomed the publication of the report on the prospects of development of marine renewable energy, which was presented on April 15 at the national debate on energy transition. This report […]

  • Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Substation Jacket Stands

    24 August 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessel Orion has completed the installation of the jacket foundation for Tennet’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha platform in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. The installation of the 2,300-tonne jacket began last week after the unit arrived at the offshore construction site from the Port of Vlissingen on 14 August, a few weeks […]

  • Students Develop Hydrogen Technology at DNV GL

    14 August 2015

    Following the 2011 disaster at a nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan reduced its reliance on nuclear energy and now depends heavily on expensive and imported energy, mainly deriving from finite sources. A group of students has came up with solution for offshore production, storage and transportation of renewable hydrogen called Jidai. “We have developed Jidai, […]

  • Bladt-Led Taskforce Working on Jacket Foundations Cost-Model

    20 November 2017
    R&D

    A new cost-model which can be used to benchmark costs on jacket foundations will be presented in early 2018, as one of the working groups within a Bladt Industries-led jacket foundation taskforce is now working on the cost-model.

  • Industry to Put Offshore Wind Safety in the Spotlight

    2 May 2016

    Keeping offshore wind workers safe is of paramount importance. What needs to be done to aim for the ‘holy grail’ of zero incidents? Are there lessons that can be learned from the offshore oil and gas industry? Is there guidance, and also safety procedures, already in existence that means there is no need to re-create […]

  • 1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project Nears Financial Close

    22 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind Project, a joint venture between Northland Power and Mitsui & Co., has signed a credit agreement to secure TWD 118 billion (approximately EUR 3.4 billion) long-term over 20-year non-recourse financing for the 1 GW offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The non-recourse project financing will be provided by over 15 international and […]

  • Carnegie Receives Another Payment from Australian Government

    28 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced the receipt of $748,849 from the Australian Government for progress on the desalination plant, foundations, onshore power plant and pipelines of the Perth Wave Energy Project; with an additional $451,480 received from the Western Australian State Government. Carnegie received $470,159 for completion of three milestones from the […]

  • Floating Offshore Hydrogen Production Plant Design Gets ClassNK Nod

    4 April 2022
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    Classification society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by Japan Offshore Design & Engineering Platform Technology & Engineering Research Association (J-DeEP). The amount of power generated by offshore wind turbines is likely affected by weather conditions, and surplus electricity may be generated […]

  • SCHOTTEL Propulsion for Les Alizés Crane Vessel

    17 April 2020
    Vessels

    German propulsion supplier SCHOTTEL will deliver a full propulsion package for Jan De Nul’s new offshore installation vessel Les Alizés.

  • Shanghai Electric Orders Two Ulstein-Designed SOVs from ZPMC

    27 January 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    ZPMC and Ulstein Design & Solutions have signed a ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group, the first purpose-made SOVs designed for the Chinese offshore wind industry, according to the Norwegian vessel designer. This contract marks Ulstein’s entry into the Chinese offshore wind industry market, after […]

  • BiFab Crisis: Workers Rally at Scottish Parliament as Unions Urge SSE to ‘Rein In’ SHL

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    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 of BiFab, it is willing to play its part in a recovery package supported by and involving all shareholders.

  • Lake Ontario Offshore Network Announces List of Members (Canada)

    16 January 2012

    A newly formed consortium of Lake Ontario based organizations that have come together to encourage and facilitate the development of offshore wind power in Ontario is announcing its list of members. The Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON) is comprised of large and small employers in the Hamilton, Burlington, Niagara and Kingston areas eager to see […]