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  • RWE Buys Irish Offshore Wind Developer

    2 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has acquired 100 per cent of the Irish company Western Power Offshore Developments, which is in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind Farm project off the coast of Ireland. Located around 10 kilometres off the coast of Wexford and Waterford in Ireland, the East Celtic project will significantly expand RWE’s offshore […]

  • French Floating Wind Pilot Project Stands Complete

    12 October 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The third and final wind turbine of the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project was installed 17 kilometres off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France. Less than a month after the first departure from the Port of Marseille Fos, the other two wind turbines were in turn towed offshore and anchored at a depth of […]

  • EOLOS Starts Ticking Floating LiDAR Stage 3 Boxes

    11 February 2020
    Technology

    EOLOS has started fulfilling the floating LiDAR Stage 3 requirements of the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap, after having two separate full-year deployment campaigns, throughout which the LiDAR met Stage 3 Key Performance Indicators.

  • Vestas to Manufacture Blades for 15 MW Turbines in Italy

    31 October 2022
    Technology

    Vestas has announced it will begin serial production of V236-15.0 MW blades from the third quarter of 2023 at its blade factory in Taranto, Italy. A few days ago, Vestas rolled out the first 115.5-metre blade built for the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine prototype, using the mould which was manufactured at the factory in […]

  • EEW Pipes for Formosa 2 Jackets

    16 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW Group is producing the steel pipe components for the 47 jacket foundations to be installed on the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. The production of the steel pipes for the jackets started in January at EEW Korea, EEW KHPC, and EEW Malaysia and is expected to be completed in October 2020. With a […]

  • TenneT Starts Tendering Procedure for 2 GW German Offshore Grid Connections

    23 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT has launched tendering procedures for the sea and land stations of BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 grid connections in the North Sea off Lower Saxony, each with a transmission capacity of 2 GW. The contracts for all three projects have a combined order volume in the seven-digit range and are expected […]

  • Baker Consultants to Monitor Marine Noise at Wikinger OWF

    11 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Baker Consultants has won a contract with Iberdrola to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service during the construction phase of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Baker Consultants will monitor underwater noise emissions as well as the activity of harbour porpoises that may be present within and around […]

  • Next Geosolutions, RMS Surveying West of Adlergrund OWF Cluster Cable Routes

    20 September 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections for Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms in the western Baltic Sea. Next Geosolutions has been hired by Prysmian, which was awarded a contract to deliver and install the power […]

  • TenneT Gathers Eight-Strong Team for 525 kV Cable System

    20 April 2020
    Grid Connection, R&D

    TenneT has contracted eight cable suppliers to develop and test a 525 kV HVDC subsea cable system. The offshore grid operator plans to have the new cable system certified in spring 2022.

  • JERA Completes Acquisition of Belgium’s Leading Offshore Wind Developer

    27 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    JERA has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind NV from Belgium’s Virya Energy. The initial agreement between JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, and Virya Energy was signed in March this year. The transaction, which JERA said marks a significant milestone for the company and Parkwind and signals […]

  • ST3 Offshore Issues New Call for Buyers with 20 Per Cent Lower Selling Price

    13 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Polish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, ST3 Offshore, has issued a third tender looking for buyers for the company, now reducing the price by further 10 per cent. In the current tender, the starting price has been reduced to PLN 187,744,000 (around EUR 41.3 million) net. “This is 20% less than the actual value of […]

  • ST3 Offshore Dodges Bankruptcy, Starts Restructuring Programme

    17 January 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Polish offshore wind foundations manufacturer ST3 Offshore has withdrawn the bankruptcy petition after receiving positive feedback from a District Court on its application to open restructuring proceedings.

  • Hollandia Offshore Pens Kriegers Flak Substations Fabrication Contract

    3 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Hollandia Offshore B.V. and the Danish transmission system operator, Energinet.dk, signed a contract for the engineering, procurement and commissioning of the Kriegers Flak substations on 31 May. The project comprises two unmanned substations which are due for delivery to the installation site in April 2018. Commissioning will take place in April and May of 2018. The […]

  • UK: Centrica Adjusted Earnings Up 2 Pct to GBP 767 Million

    31 July 2013

    Centrica has released interim results for the period ended 30 June 2013. Highlights from their report: Adjusted earnings up 2% to £767 million; 14.8 pence adjusted basic earnings per share Total adjusted tax charge rises 21% to £690 million; effective tax rate of 47%, up from 43% British Gas Residential operating profit marginally higher than […]

  • Germany Passes 1 GW Offshore Wind Mark

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier last year. By 31 December 2014, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 megawatts fed into the grid. This figure was ascertained by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the four organisations VDMA […]

  • Port of Rotterdam Upgrading Sif’s Marshalling Site

    22 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Rotterdam has awarded the Dutch construction company Van Hattum & Blankevoort with a contract for work on a quay at Sif’s site at the port. The contract covers quay wall construction, marine construction works, and dredging and pumping operations, which will be carried out at the 20-hectare port area for which Sif […]

  • Friede & Goldman, OIM Wind Unveil New WTIV Design for 20 MW Wind Turbines

    31 October 2023
    Vessels

    US-based Friede & Goldman and Norway’s OIM Wind have unveiled a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), called FO-146. The vessel is based on Friede & Goldman’s WindSetter Class WTIVs and is the result of a collaboration between the two firms. The FO-146’s hull can accommodate up to five 18 MW or four 20 MW […]

  • Denmark Rolls Out 18 GW Offshore Wind Map

    5 June 2020
    Authorities

    Denmark has mapped out areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea suitable for the development of up to 18 GW of offshore wind capacity. COWI has, on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, conducted ”a fine screening” of areas in Danish territorial waters to investigate the possibility of establishing both standalone offshore wind […]

  • Safety Technology Joins Forces with Offtec

    24 April 2014
    Training & Education

    Safety Technology Ltd has announced this week a joint venture with German safety specialists, Offtec. Based in Enge-Sande, close to the Danish border in Germany, Offtec is home to a unique Wind Competence Centre for the onshore and offshore Wind Industry. From this location the two companies will soon be offering a wide range of […]

  • UK: North Wales Pylon Plans Face Opposition

    21 November 2012
    Grid Connection

    National Grid, an international electricity and gas company, has faced opposition in their intention to install electricity pylons across North Wales, BBC informs. Namely, the grid would connect Horizon’s proposed nuclear power station at Wylfa of up to 3.6 gigawatts (GW), together with 2 GW of offshore Irish Sea wind energy being proposed by Celtic […]

  • UK: Pelamis in Discussions on Partnership

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wave energy’s great potential to surge in the UK’s and Scottish energy mix gave Pelamis Wave Power Ltd. a push to discuss partnership with a number of companies in order to expand its business. Founder and director of the wave energy developer, Richard Yemm, told Bloomberg that the company is preparing for boost in orders […]

  • Floventis Energy Picks Owner’s Engineer for Llŷr Floating Offshore Wind Farms

    16 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    Floventis Energy has awarded Kent an Owner’s Engineer contract for its Llŷr 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. On this project and in partnership with Vekta Group, Kent will provide multidisciplinary Owner’s Engineer support, covering CDM, hull and mooring, electrical, WTG, site layout, geotechnical, metocean, and project management. “We are proud […]

  • SAL Heavy Lift Carrying Out Wikinger OWF Pile Testing (Gallery)

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    In October 2014 the first phase of the pile testing campaign for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project was launched, after the site’s geotechnical investigation on the Baltic Sea had been completed. German engineering and services group Bilfinger was awarded the test pile contract and chose SAL Heavy Lift as subcontractor to transport and install […]

  • DORIS to Support BP’s Offshore Wind Developments

    6 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    DORIS has been awarded a framework agreement by BP for the provision of engineering services to the company’s offshore wind projects. Across the five-year agreement, DORIS will provide engineering for scopes such as concept development, pre-FEED, FEED, and detailed design. The support provided by DORIS and its strategic partner Turner & Townsend will enable the […]

  • Highlights of the Month – December 2018

    4 January 2019

    Offshore WIND’s ten most read news in December 2018.

  • Denmark Proposes Bidding Zone Changes Around Bornholm Energy Island

    27 October 2023
    Energy Islands, Grid Connection, Infrastructure

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened consultations on an amended electricity market bidding zone configuration around Bornholm Energy Island. This move follows after the Danish transmission system operator (TSO), Energinet, identified a structural congestion in the electricity transmission network that connects Bornholm Energy Island to Zealand and Germany. Following the identification of the structural […]