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  • New US Offshore Wind Guidance Document Approved, Said to Speed Up Development

    14 October 2022
    Industry

    The US offshore wind sector has gotten its new official guidance that can be used in the regulatory approval process. The document contains best practices and is said to help accelerate development of the offshore wind industry, shorten regulatory timelines, and increase worker safety. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Standards Review approved […]

  • DeepOcean Secures EUR 125 Million Senior Credit Facility

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The DeepOcean Group announced it has secured a new €125 million senior credit facility. The agreement consists of a €95 million senior secured revolving credit facility including an ancillary feature for performance guarantees and a €30 million senior secured term loan facility. Both the revolving credit facility and the term loan facility have a three-year […]

  • EDF Renewables and DP Energy Form Celtic Sea Floating Wind Partnership

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Renewables has formed a joint venture partnership with DP Energy to generate up to 1 GW of floating offshore wind energy in the Celtic Sea, with the project likely to span English and Welsh waters. Work including identification of a refined area of search and detailed constraint studies for the proposed location of the […]

  • GE Banned from Selling Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine in US, Two Projects Exempted

    8 September 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Industry, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    A US federal judge in Boston has barred General Electric (GE) from ‘‘making, using, offering for sale, selling, importing (into), or installing in the United States” the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine after the jury found in June that the wind turbine infringed upon a patent held by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. The jury and Judge […]

  • Windfarm Update: Amrumbank, Global Tech I, Borkum West 2.1, DolWin Beta, Ostwind 1

    17 November 2015

    Amrumbank MPI Adventure installed the last turbine blade at the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in early September. The installation work started in February, with the vessels operating in water depths of approximately 25m. Amrumbank West is located approximately 35km north of Helgoland and 37km west of Amrum in the German part of the North Sea. The wind […]

  • Vestas Rolls Out First 115.5-Metre Wind Turbine Blade

    28 October 2022
    Technology

    Vestas has manufactured and rolled out the first 115.5-metre blade built for the V236-15.0 MW™ offshore wind turbine prototype. The blade was manufactured in Vestas’ production facility in Nakskov, Denmark, using the mould which was built at the factory in Lem, Denmark. The design of the blade has required an extension and retooling of the […]

  • Alstom Dives in French Offshore Wind Opportunities

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Alstom has announced the signature of an exclusive partnership agreement with STX France, during a meeting of the Region Pays de la Loire strategic committee on marine energies that was held in Nantes on December 6. This agreement covers the supply of transition parts used to affix an offshore wind turbine to its monopile foundations. […]

  • Spain: IREC Signs Cooperation Agreement with EWE OSS

    10 March 2013

    IREC and EWE OSS will exchange technological information, train engineers and cooperate technically on the ZEFIR project The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) has signed an agreement with EWE Offshore Services & Solutions GmbH, the company that is co-owner and operating ALPHA VENTUS, the first test platform for 5 MW offshore wind turbines, located […]

  • Germany Pinpoints 36.5 GW of Offshore Wind Areas, Publishes Development Plan

    23 January 2023
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published a new area development plan for the expansion of offshore wind energy. The plan maps out the build-out of offshore wind by 2030, by when the country is to reach 30 GW of capacity connected to its grid, and sets the stage for further deployment of […]

  • Kriegers Flak to Power Healthcare Company and Bio Innovator

    13 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk and bio innovator Novozymes have signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall to source their electricity from the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, currently under construction off Denmark.

  • Offshore Wind Farm Coping with Danish Winter

    6 February 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Winter is for real, and in January, massive frost covered Denmark and the installation area at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI, is making weather forecasts and preparing satellite photos to follow the ice formation in the Danish waters. The prognosis for ice formation in the Danish waters issued on 25 January 2013 […]

  • Fishing Industry Alliance Sues US Interior Department Over Vineyard Wind 1

    7 February 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a US coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, has taken legal action against the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to approve the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm, which recently entered construction. RODA filed a lawsuit with the US district court for the District of […]

  • MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Established

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the approval from all relevant authorities, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been formally established as of 1 April 2014. The joint venture is responsible for the design, further development, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and service related to the V164-8.0 MW turbine as well as all marketing, sales and after-sales service related to offshore wind. […]

  • Landowners Eligible for Triton Knoll Compensation

    30 November 2015

    The Triton Knoll offshore wind project in East Lincolnshire could have impact on 200 farmers, according to land and property advisors Strutt & Parker. Alice Mesney from the company’s Stamford office said: “Underground cables will be required to carry electricity from offshore wind turbines to the National Grid. This involves laying six cable ducts over a […]

  • Seaway Strashnov Returns to Dogger Bank Wind Farm for Monopile Installation, First OSS Jacket In Place

    18 April 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has returned to the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm site to resume the installation of monopile foundations. Meanwhile, the crane vessel Thialf has installed the jacket foundation for the Dogger Bank A offshore substation and will soon move on to the installation of the topside. The foundation installation on […]

  • Germany Plans Further 3 GW of Offshore Wind in North Sea

    29 December 2021
    Authorities

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has started a process of updating the country’s new maritime spatial plan to accommodate additional 3 GW of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea. The basis of BSH’s proposed update is the new maritime spatial plan for the German Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) in the North and Baltic Seas, which came into […]

  • Highlights of the Month – September 2020

    1 October 2020

    OffshoreWIND.biz brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the month of September 2020. Orion’s Crane Repair Starts Liebherr has started preparations for the recovery of its HLC 295000 offshore crane on board the Orion vessel, whose hook broke this May, leaving several people injured and damaging the crane and the vessel’s deck. Crane Ordered for First Jones […]

  • OEE Welcomes EC’s Support to Ocean Energy

    8 October 2015
    Authorities

    The European Commission recently published its new vision for its lighthouse energy R&D policy, the Integrated Strategic Energy Technology Plan (known as the SET-Plan). This document sets out the Commission’s priorities to ensure research and innovation in energy fully contribute to the objectives of the Energy Union. It clearly identifies Europe’s lead in “resource specific […]

  • Maersk to Hold Open Day on Level 1 Certificate in Safe Working Practice in Wind Turbine Industry

    14 July 2015
    Training & Education

    In conjunction with Hull College and Jobcentre Plus, Maersk Training is hosting an Open Day on Tuesday, 21 July, to showcase the Level 1 Certificate in Safe Working Practice in the Wind Turbine Industry (QCF). The open day will take place from 13:00 to 16:00 at Hull College, Room QG413, Queens Gardens, Wilberforce Drive, Hull […]

  • Crown Estate Drafts Leasing Plan to Unlock 4 GW of Floating Wind Capacity in Celtic Sea

    11 November 2021
    Authorities

    The Crown Estate has developed proposals for floating wind seabed leasing in the Celtic Sea which could unlock up to 4 GW of new floating wind capacity in England and Wales, providing further detail on its plans for a leasing process that could see rights awarded by the end of 2023. The projects selected through […]

  • James Fisher Board Trims Its Salaries

    27 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    James Fisher and Sons is making business moves to cushion the potential blow of the global pandemic crisis in the near future. The Group has taken steps to reduce costs, optimise cash flow, and to protect liquidity.

  • Van Oord’s Dig-It Debuts on Borkum Riffgrund 2

    9 May 2018
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s new tracked remotely operated vehicle (TROV) Dig-It has begun burying the inter-array cables at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm, marking its first deployment.

  • Dexia Attracting Investment in Offshore Wind Power (Belgium)

    2 December 2011

    Franco-Belgian bank Dexia made the headlines of numerous publications across Europe over the past few weeks in relation to a bailout plan that is currently being put on place. Predictions go as far as to say that France could lose its AAA index if the country has to provide bigger proportion of the bailout than […]

  • Welsh Port Readying for Floating Wind by Simulating In-Port Manoeuvring Ops

    31 January 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    With 4 GW of floating wind capacity to soon be awarded in the Celtic Sea, and more planned to come after that, ports in the UK are preparing to accommodate the construction and maintenance operations for the emerging industry. At Pembroke Port, a project simulating the processes of manoeuvring floating wind turbines into and out […]

  • Maritime Partner to Build Daughter Boats for DONG’s SOVs

    31 October 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian boat builder Maritime Partner AS has signed a contract with the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan for the delivery of four boats which will be stationed onboard two new Service Operation Vessels (SOV) working for the offshore wind power industry. The SOV’s are ordered by the Norwegian ship owner Østensjø Rederi to service DONG Energy’s […]

  • Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 September 2016

    18 September 2016

    Vattenfall to Build Two Nearshore Wind Farms in Denmark Vattenfall has won the Danish nearshore wind tender after submitting the final bid for Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord sites on 1 September and offering the lowest bid of 0,475 kr/kWh. Borssele Story Not Over for Shell? Royal Dutch Shell is considering bidding at the upcoming […]