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  • First Made-in-France Crew Transfer Vessel Launches

    29 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit have launched the first of the three crew transfer vessels (CTVs) dedicated to the operations and maintenance of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm. On Thursday, 28 April, the launch of the vessel was attended by representatives of the French shipyard OCEA, GE Renewable Energy, EDF Renouvelables, and Louis Dreyfus […]

  • Conservation Charity Expresses Concern over Thanet Extension Cable

    20 February 2019
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Kent Wildlife Trust has outlined environmental concerns about a proposed extension to the Thanet offshore wind farm at a Planning Inspectorate hearing. The application, which was submitted by Vattenfall last year, includes plans to run a cable through Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve. According to the conservation charity, ”the land affected by this […]

  • Hornsea One Breaks Export Cable Record

    11 December 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has completed the installation of the export cable at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Fugro Completes Triton Knoll Drills

    16 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro’s geotechnical drill vessel Fugro Scout has completed a three-week programme of test drilling at the locations of the 90 turbine foundations and two offshore substations on the 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.

  • Royal National Lifeboat Institution Benefits from Rampion Fund

    27 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Rampion Offshore Wind Ltd. has made a GBP 100,000 donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from the Rampion offshore wind farm community fund, set up to benefit communities across Sussex, UK.

  • EEW OSB and Bladt Industries Add to Hornsea One Orderbook

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has contracted the Teesside-based EEW OSB (formerly OSB) and Denmark’s Bladt Industries to manufacture 30 and 28 transition pieces respectively for the 174-turbine Hornsea Project One.

  • Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Project Reaches Financial Close

    21 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Northland Power’s EUR 1.3 billion Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) project has reached financial close, with all of the equity contributed to the project and all debt required for the project now fully committed by the project lenders.

  • Massachusetts Utilities Invite Bids for Up to 800MW of Offshore Wind

    30 June 2017

    On 29 June, five Massachusetts electric distribution companies, in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 400MW, and up to 800MW, of offshore wind generation and associated transmission projects to enter into long-term contracts of 15 – 20 years.

  • Tauw to Test Soil on Potential Hollandse Kust Zuid Onshore Cable Routes

    9 June 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based consultancy Tauw Group will carry out soil investigations and determine the most suitable route for onshore cables which will connect four 350MW offshore wind farms in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) zone to the Dutch grid, TenneT reports. Tauw will examine several onshore cable routes, including the one leading to Wateringen and two leading to a terminal on Maasvlakte. The soil […]

  • AXYS Setting Standards with Dual LiDAR Deployment

    21 April 2015

    AXYS Technologies has achieved a world-first dual ZephIR 300 arrangement on the WindSentinel buoy that could become the new standard in floating LiDAR devices. The WindSentinel ‘floating laboratory’ delivers a customized full suite of meteorological and metocean data, in addition to the wind speed & direction data used for resource assessment, to better inform the development […]

  • Skegness RNLI Lifeboat Crew Trains for Wind Farm Evacuation

    17 September 2014
    Training & Education

    Skegness RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew members had the opportunity for some valuable training this weekend, working with one of the vessels that maintain the wind turbines off the Lincolnshire coast.  Centrica Energy’s Lynn, Inner Dowsing and Lincs wind farms consist of 129 turbines, each nearly 150m tall and in total providing enough power to supply […]

  • Nexans Among OWA Program Winners

    30 July 2014
    Grid Connection

    Carbon Trust recently announced that Nexans was among the winners of Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) program in the UK. Within this program Nexans aims to expand the development of its new 66kV 3-core submarine inter-array cables and accelerate their time to market. The funding allocated to Nexans, worth around 165 k€, came after a competitive […]

  • Health and Safety Minister Visits Port of Milford Haven

    7 July 2014
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Last week (Thursday 26th June), the Port of Milford Haven welcomed Mike Penning MP, the Minister of State responsible for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), where he was given an update on new safety systems and current port projects. The visit began at Pembroke Port where the Minister had the opportunity to see first-hand […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Seeks Feedback on Tidal Energy Regulations

    22 August 2013
    Authorities

    The province of Nova Scotia is asking Nova Scotians for their thoughts on a discussion paper about the approval process for larger-scale tidal devices. This fulfills another commitment of the province’s Marine Renewable Energy Strategy. “The Marine Renewable Energy Strategy outlines how we plan to work together for research, development and regulation to guide tidal […]

  • The Netherlands: IHC Lagersmit Becomes IHC Sealing Solutions

    25 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    IHC Lagersmit BV, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede, has changed its name to IHC Sealing Solutions BV. This change, which came into effect on 6 July, is the result of the continued international growth that the company has experienced in recent years. Additionally, the company’s focus has shifted in past decades from the manufacture of […]

  • Denmark: Henrik Poulsen to Become CEO of Dong Energy

    18 April 2012

    DONG Energy’s Board of Directors has decided to appoint Henrik Poulsen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DONG Energy. Henrik Poulsen joins from TDC A/S, where he is currently CEO. He will take up his new role no later than 1 November 2012.  Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of Directors, comments: ”The […]

  • The Netherlands: TenneT Converter Platform Connected at Dockyard Zwijndrecht

    10 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    At Easter Sunday two separate decks of TenneT’s 80 metres high offshore converter platform were successfully mounted on each other in the yard of Heerema Factory Group in Zwijndrecht. The platform of Dolwin1 is currently being built by Heerema Factory Group, subcontractor of TenneT’s main contractor ABB. The HVDC Light converter platform will be installed […]

  • BMT to Design 8 New WFSVs (UK)

    20 February 2012

    BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announced it has won a contract to supply the design for the construction of eight new 20m Windfarm Support Vessels, including options, to be built by Strategic Marine, the Australian Shipbuilder. The vessels are to be built for […]

  • New England States Working Together on Offshore Wind Grid Infrastructure

    26 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The US states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, with support from Vermont and New Hampshire, have jointly applied to the Department of Energy (DOE) for funding needed to build transmission projects that will integrate offshore wind. With the potential for more than 14 GW of offshore wind in federal waters off the coast […]

  • Industry Set to Talk Floating Wind in the Netherlands

    23 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Although the Netherlands does not have plans to deploy floating offshore wind turbines in its waters, at least not yet, professionals from the industry are coming together to talk floating wind on 29 November at RAI Amsterdam, where Navingo is organising its annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference. With record floating wind capacity already awarded […]

  • Ørsted Plans Massive Seagrass Restoration as Part of 2.6 GW Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm

    15 November 2022
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have teamed up to develop a seagrass restoration project as part of Ørsted’s 2.6 GW Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm in the UK. The initial phase of the project has already started as the Trust was commissioned to collect and plant seagrass seed across a 9.8 acres pilot area, […]

  • Forth Green Freeport Consortium Unveils Details for Rosyth Development

    10 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The consortium behind the Forth Green Freeport project in Scotland, which submitted a bid for the development to the UK and Scottish governments in June, released details for the major enhancement of the Rosyth port and waterfront areas within Fife that would support the offshore wind industry. The development of nearly 150 hectares of land […]

  • Maersk Wind Turbine Installation Vessel to Be Built to ABS Class

    4 April 2022
    Vessels

    Sembcorp Marine will build the next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ordered by Maersk Supply Service to ABS Class, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) said. Two new feeder barges and two diesel-electric hybrid tugboat units will also be built to ABS Class by Kirby Offshore Wind (KOW), to supply the WTIV with towers and turbines […]

  • Another Gigawatt-Scale Wind Project Emerges Offshore Philippines

    20 January 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Blue Circle and its partner CleanTech Global Renewables, Inc. have signed their first wind energy service contract for an offshore wind project in the Philippines – the 1.2 GW project in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. The Blue Circle and CleanTech have succeeded in securing the exclusivity for the Bulalacao site development through a service contract […]

  • Shell and CoensHexicon to Jointly Build 1.4 GW Floating Wind Farm Offshore Korea

    1 September 2021
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Shell Overseas Investment B.V. and CoensHexicon Co., LTD have established a joint venture to develop and operate a 1.4 GW floating wind project off the south-east coast of South Korea. Shell controls an 80 per cent stake in the MunmuBaram joint venture, and CoensHexicon, a joint venture between Hexicon and Korean company COENS Co, controls […]

  • GWO: US Needs to Train 25,000 Offshore Wind Workers to Build 9.1 GW by 2025  

    26 August 2021
    Training & Education

    According to the Global Wind Organisation’s (GWO) forecast for the US East Coast, over 25,000 people will require entry-level standard training to work on offshore wind turbines over the next five years.   With 9.1 GW of offshore wind planned to be installed by 2025, the training is necessary for jobs in the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance […]