92 results found for 'Aurora offshore wind farm'

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  • First US High-Voltage Subsea Cable Plant Opens for Business

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Nexans has officially opened its high-voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, South Carolina, the first such facility in the United States. From the new facility, Nexans will deliver subsea cables up to 525kV HVDC and 400kV HVAC, covering the full range of needed products for export cables for offshore wind and subsea interconnections. The first […]

  • Swedish Offshore Wind Site Could House Large-Scale Seaweed Farm

    30 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Swedish renewable energy developer OX2 has signed letters of intent with companies Kobb and Nordic Seafarm to investigate opportunities for large-scale cultivation of seaweed at its Galatea-Galene offshore wind farm in Sweden. Seaweed cultivation absorbs carbon dioxide from eutrophication such as nitrogen and phosphorus from the sea and is circulated back to land as food, […]

  • NKT Secures Cable Agreement for Major Wind Farms Offshore Sweden

    30 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    OX2 and Ingka Investments have entered into a conditional agreement with NKT for the delivery and installation of export power cables for two wind farm projects offshore Sweden. Under the agreement, NKT’s facility in Karlskrona, Sweden, will deliver the cables for the recently awarded Galene project. The agreement also covers the Triton offshore wind farm. […]

  • Saipem 7000 Leaves Seagreen for Maintenance, Wind Turbine Installation on Stand-By

    13 April 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    21 out of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines have been installed at the 1.1 GW Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The turbines have been installed on all available 21 jacket foundations, and the installation activity will recommence when further foundations are installed, according to the […]

  • ERDF Funds Aura Innovation Centre in Hull

    27 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based Aura, an initiative of the University of Hull, has secured a GBP 4 million funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to build the Aura Innovation Centre (AIC) and provide a support program for Humber-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the offshore wind and low carbon sectors.

  • Rhode Island Commerce Corporation Picks Humber’s Offshore Wind Brain

    3 May 2019

    Team Humber Marine Alliance and Aura Wind Energy have entered into a deal to develop an offshore wind strategy for the U.S. Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. The three parties signed a contract on 2 May said to be the result of work to develop relationships with the U.S. East Coast over the last three years. The […]

  • Acta Centaurus Starts Sea Trials

    8 April 2019
    Vessels

    Acta Marine’s offshore wind service vessel Acta Centaurus left Ulstein Verft in Norway on Saturday, 6 April, to start her sea trials. The tests carried out so far have been successful, according to Ulstein’s project manager. The 93-metre vessel has a 3,200t load capacity, a 6m draft, and will provide accommodation for up to 120 persons. The […]

  • EU OKs TAG Acquisition by Bladt, EEW

    21 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The European Commission has given their blessing to the acquisition of the assets of TAG Energy Solutions Limited by a newly created joint venture controlled by Bladt Industries A/S of Denmark and EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH of Germany. Last year the joint venture decided to invest in former TAG site after the UK offshore […]

  • UK: Vattenfall in Quest for Missing Wave Measurement Buoy

    28 June 2012

    After one of Vattenfall’s wave measurement buoys disappeared from its anchoring place, the company had to assure the residents of the Shetland Islands that the proposed Aegir wave farm will be firmly anchored. Last year, Vattenfall deployed two buoys around 2 kilometres to the west of the south tip of Burra and one of them […]

  • Nexans Wins French Cable Job

    18 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    French transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) has selected Nexans to supply and install the export cable for the 496 MW Dieppe – Le Tréport offshore wind farm. The contract, valued at around EUR 100 million, will see Nexans supply and install 47 kilometres of offshore and 18 kilometres of onshore power export […]

  • Finland: Wärtsilä to Install Biofuel Engines in Transport Vessel Aura II

    6 July 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Designed to transport offshore wind farm structures and energy wood, it seems only right that the 105m long by 19m beam Aura II vessel is…   (biofuels) [mappress] Source: biofuels, July 6, 2011;

  • ORE Catapult Plans Operations Base in Grimsby

    5 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has revealed plans to open a base of operations in Grimsby which would service the offshore wind sector. The announcement is part of ORE Catapult’s expansion plans in the Humber, which would create 50 to 70 jobs in the region in the next 10 years. With a portfolio of […]

  • First Gravity-Based Foundation Loaded and Ready for Fécamp Site

    1 July 2022
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first of 71 gravity-based foundations for the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm has been placed on its transport barge at the Bougainville yard in the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France, ahead of transport and installation at the project site off the coast of Normandy. The consortium of Boskalis, Saipem, and Bouygues Construction […]

  • Report: UK OW Workforce Demand to More Than Triple by 2032

    1 November 2018
    Jobs & Recruitment, R&D

    The requirement for workers in the UK offshore wind market is expected to increase from the current 10,000 to 36,000 by 2032, according to the Skills and Labour Requirements of the UK Offshore Wind Industry 2018 to 2032 report by Aura Wind Energy and partners. 

  • New Developer Targets At Least 1 GW of Offshore Wind in Ireland

    11 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    Inis Offshore Wind, a newly established Irish renewable energy developer, plans to develop at least 1 GW of offshore wind capacity in Ireland by 2030 and has already identified five potential sites where its projects could be built. The sites identified for assessment are located off the East and West coasts of Ireland as well […]

  • Acta Marine Orders Another CSV from Ulstein

    6 February 2018
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels

    Acta Marine has ordered a new walk-to-work (W2W) construction support vessel (CSV) optimized for use in the offshore wind industry from Ulstein.

  • USA: Cape Wind Public Hearings Finished

    1 June 2012
    Authorities

    After almost a decade of public hearings on the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, the last one was held on Wednesday before utility regulators in Boston. However, according to CapeCodOnline news site, only the official part is over, since disagreements and discussions on that matter are still very intense. At the hearing, president and CEO […]

  • Photos of the Day: First Burbo Bank Nacelles Score Belfast Touchdown

    29 July 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has shared several photos of the first four of 32 nacelles for DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm arriving at the company’s pre-assembly site in the Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland. The first four 390-tonne nacelles arrived to Belfast last night onboard Meriaura’s multipurpose deck cargo carrier Aura. Work at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly […]

  • Manora Transporting Upper Jacket Parts from Spain, Belgium to UK

    13 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Over the past few weeks, Manora Logistics has been transporting upper jacket foundation sections from Spain and Belgium to Newcastle, UK. Given the facts at hand, OffshoreWIND.biz inquired about the jacket parts being for the Moray East offshore wind farm. However, Manora Logistics declined to confirm this. Namely, on 12 May, the company dispatched the […]

  • Japanese Jack-Up Launches, Lines Up Offshore Wind Projects

    17 October 2022
    Vessels

    Japan’s Shimizu Corporation has launched and named the 142-metre Self-Elevating Platform (SEP) vessel, Blue Wind, at Japan Marine United Corporation’s JMU Amtech in Aioi City. The jack-up has a total width of 50 metres, a total length of 142 metres, a total tonnage of 28,000t, a maximum lifting capacity of 2,500t for a crane, and […]

  • MHI Vestas Shifts Into Overdrive at Belfast Harbour (Gallery)

    7 October 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is making a maximum use of its Burbo Bank Extension load-out and pre-assembly site at the Belfast Harbour today. The Belfast Harbour has shared images of three vessels being loaded by components which will make up some of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines to be installed at the site […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Farm Offers a Glimpse into Pre-History

    15 November 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    Archaeologists working for Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group developing Norfolk’s largest offshore wind farms, have recovered evidence in the North Sea which is hoped will tell a more detailed story of ‘Doggerland’, the submerged landscape which was flooded more than 8,000 years ago.

  • WAB: Germany Should Up Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Targets

    6 March 2020
    Authorities

    The German federal government should take a firm decision to ramp up “green” hydrogen and to accelerate the expansion of wind energy and other renewables, according to the wind energy agency WAB e. V. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics relies on hydrogen from fossil fuels without good cause and on a large scale of hydrogen […]

  • Germany: First Submarine Cable Section Laid for Baltic 2

    23 April 2013
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The work for the network connection of the second German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the EnBW Baltic 2, is in progress. The vessel Aura rinsed the first submarine cable section into the Baltic ground, on Saturday, 20 April 2013, for the connection of Baltic 2. A total of sixty kilometers of submarine […]

  • USA: NStar to Purchase Power from Cape Wind

    3 April 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    According to the Associated Press, the largest Massachusetts-based, investor-owned electric and gas utility, NStar decided to purchase power from Cape Wind offshore wind farm. The contract is worth $1.6 billion and is intended for15- years- long period. This is $940 million more that the market price of conventional electricity for the same period. The Cape […]

  • SMart Wind Submits First Response for Hornsea OWF Project One

    22 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    SMart Wind Limited, on behalf of the joint applicants Heron Wind Limited, Njord Limited and Vi Aura Limited has submitted its first written response in support of the Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One Application to the Planning Inspectorate. The Response was submitted on 20 January 2014 as prescribed by the Planning Inspectorate’s Rule 8 […]