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  • Offshore Marine Services Stores Cables for Two Projects Offshore Germany

    30 November 2011
    Grid Connection

    Offshore Marine Services, the German arm of UK-based Offshore Marine Management, has successfully completed its first cable storage task for the consortium Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink, the companies responsible for the BorWin 2 and HelWin 1 export cable systems including Offshore Sub Stations. Making use of OMS’s dedicated cable storage facility at Nordenham, the […]

  • UK Secretary Cable Announces National College for Wind Energy

    11 December 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The UK Business Secretary, Rt Hon Vince Cable, announced the development of a National College for Wind Energy. It will be the first National College dedicated to renewable energy in the UK. The National College, to be based in the Humber area, will provide a ‘hub’ for skills, training and education initiatives. In addition, there […]

  • UK: Offshore Wind Connection Coordination Could Save up to GBP 3.5 Billion

    5 March 2012

    Energy regulator Ofgem and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have published a report showing how more coordination in the development of offshore links and infrastructure can be achieved. In tandem, Ofgem has launched a consultation on potential changes to the regulatory regime for offshore transmission assets to take some of this work […]

  • Alpha Ventus Achieves Positive Interim Results (Germany)

    30 June 2011

      Germany’s first offshore wind farm alpha ventus is generating more power than expected.While the first half of 2011 was disappointing for onshore wind farms, the constant and strong winds on the open sea over the last nine months have produced more than 190 gigawatt hours of electricity. The alpha ventus consortium, consisting of the […]

  • Research and Markets Publish ‘Analyzing the Global Wind Energy Industry’ Report (Ireland)

    31 May 2011

      Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Global Wind Energy Industry” report to their offering. In many parts of the world, wind energy has already grown to be a mainstream energy source. This growth has long been driven by concerns about global climate change, mainly in the developed world and […]

  • Noise mitigation system: First commercial operation…

    15 February 2013

    There are different restrictions for maritime pile driving operations in place in the North European countries to protect the local sea life. It is quite right and proper that there should be restrictions. However, it could be argued that it is probably not so right and proper that the individual legislation for each country for the restrictions is not […]

  • Belfast Harbour Plans to Invest GBP 92 Million in Capital Projects Related to Port and Harbour Estate (UK)

    20 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Belfast Harbour has published its new Corporate Plan for 2011-2013, detailing plans to invest £92m in capital projects related to the Port and Harbour Estate. The single largest investment is a £40m proposal to develop a logistics terminal to support Danish-based DONG Energy’s offshore wind farm operations in the Irish Sea and boost Belfast’s ‘green […]

  • Maersk Training to Hold Open Evening in Newcastle

    23 December 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Training & Education

    Maersk Training in Newcastle has invited North East residents aged 15 or over to attend an Open Evening event on 18 January and learn more about the company’s range of accredited Career Transition Training Programmes. The Open Evening will be held at Maersk Training Newcastle Ltd, 2 Mercury Court, Orion Business Park, from 4 pm to 6:30 […]

  • Germany: GICON SOF to Conduct Final Tank Tests on Floating Foundation for OWT

    10 June 2013

    Giant offshore wind parks are being developed along the coasts to produce tremendous amounts of green power. The offshore wind power sector is seen as a major renewable energy growth market. Latest expert studies are estimating Europe’s operating offshore wind power generation capacity to be at 40 GW by 2020. The global offshore wind investment […]

  • Austria: GL Celebrates Bladed’s 20th Birthday

    6 February 2013

    At the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Conference in Vienna, GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of Bladed, the wind turbine design software trusted and used by manufacturers and certification agencies around the world. Over the last two decades, as commercial wind turbines have grown in scale, from 500kW to over […]

  • Singapore: Keppel to Deliver Offshore Wind Turbine Installer to Seafox

    19 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver Seafox 5, one of the largest and most advanced multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installers of its kind to the Seafox Group, ahead of time and with an impressive safety record. The vessel, Seafox 5, is able to operate in harsh environments and up to 65 […]

  • Natural Power Opens Irish HQ in Dublin

    28 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Minister Pat Rabbitte TD officially opened Natural Power’s Irish headquarters in Dublin, with the creation of 20 highly skilled positions. Natural Power is a leading international renewable energy consultancy, with a full range of construction services, as well as providing access to the full lifecycle range of services available through the company across the Onshore […]

  • UK: Final Survey at Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

    14 October 2013
    Environment

    The final survey needed for offshore wind energy developer Forewind to complete its planned applications for the development of the Dogger Bank Zone begins this week. The survey concludes the most extensive study of an offshore area by a wind energy developer ever undertaken. A total of £60 million has been spent on surveys with […]

  • Jan De Nul Launches Next-Generation Jack-Up Vessel Voltaire

    31 January 2022
    Vessels

    Jan De Nul Group has launched the Voltaire, a next-generation offshore jack-up installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. The Voltaire will be the second and the largest jack-up vessel in Jan De Nul’s fleet. The jack-up is due for delivery in the second half 2022, the […]

  • RenewableUK Reports on Wind Energy Performance

    30 October 2012
    R&D

    RenewableUK has issued a report on the ongoing state of the wind energy industry in the UK. In the first part of the report, wind energy performance is discussed, with a focus on the current status and electricity mix. The report also gives prediction for the future state of renewable energy in the country, which […]

  • France Backs Four Offshore Renewables Projects

    17 November 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    French Energy Minister Ségolène Royal and Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron have announced state support for four new projects in the marine renewables sector within the framework supplied by the French public sector investment programme “Investing for the Future”. Among the initiatives supported by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, the Ademe, three of them […]

  • Germany: H&Askham Wins Trianel Offshore Wind Farm Electrical Installation Work

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Borkum West II, also known as Trianel Windpark Borkum, set in German waters in the North Sea is the latest project H&Askham are adding to the ever growing portfolio of works it can boast in the Offshore Wind Sector. Teams were mobilised to the project to begin HV termination and jointing works in early July, […]

  • Siemens Energy Leads Offshore Wind Power-to-X Project

    20 August 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Siemens Energy is coordinating a project which aims to couple offshore wind turbines with electrolyzers for direct conversion of the electricity into hydrogen. In addition, the project will also investigate further offshore power-to-X processes. The four-year H2Mare project comprises four joint projects with a total of 35 partners, including the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft institutes. The project […]

  • Blast from the past

    10 April 2012

    Imagine an area 93km by 93km and then fill this area with 3000 wind turbines. Some of the turbine foundations will have only one hole penetrating in the seabed, some will have 3 holes penetrating and some will even have 4 holes. This is what can happen in an area the size of the Dogger […]

  • USA: GE Works on Solving Wind Turbine Ice Accumulation

    23 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Rick Arthur from GE wrote an article on the company’s website about a research that GE is conducting to solve the issue of ice accumulation on wind turbines and other offshore infrastructure operating in extremely cold environments: I’m excited to highlight some progress GE Research has made in modeling the formation of ice from water […]

  • North Star Renewables Secures EUR 112 Million Loan for Dogger Bank SOVs

    24 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    North Star Renewables has secured a loan of GBP 96 million (approximately EUR 112 million) from Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) to build the three Service Operations Vessels (SOVs) that will serve the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.  The vessel owner said the loan added to its own balance sheet and equity commitments from its 100 per cent shareholder, […]

  • Siemens Selects ABP as Preferred Bidder for UK Wind Turbine Factory (UK)

    20 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Siemens and Associated British Ports (ABP) have announced today (20 January) that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in connection with ABP’s proposed Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock, Port of Hull. The parties have agreed to work together to develop plans for the construction of a new Siemens offshore wind turbine manufacturing […]

  • Highlights of the Month – November 2020

    1 December 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on the OffshoreWIND.biz site for the month of November 2020. Two-Turbine Floater Prototype Breezes Through Tests in Baltic Sea The scaled-down version of the Nezzy² floating wind turbine, a two-turbine floating wind platform, completed its two-month tests in the Bay of Greifswald in the Baltic Sea and has […]

  • New Generation of Subsea Turbine Foundations to Hit Market in Next 24 Months (UK)

    17 May 2011
    R&D

    The logistical challenge and its anticipated cost have galvanized designers, developers, and government-backed agencies to reset the thinking on subsea foundation design. But the task has by no means been easy. “With wind turbine sizes now scaling up to 5MW and beyond, the top-head mass is virtually double that of the current mainstream sizes,” says […]

  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • Vallourec Tests Its Foundation Technology at New Hannover Facility

    25 September 2014
    R&D, Technology

    The commercialization of the offshore foundation system PREON® marine is making progress: Vallourec is the first company to put its foundation technology to the acid test at the new Test Center for Support Structures at the Leibnitz University of Hannover (LUH). The new facility will distinctly shorten the time to market of the new load-bearing […]