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  • David Still: “Energy Is the Lifeblood of Any Country!”

    27 November 2015

    UK renewables and wind expert David Still lives in a country with huge onshore and offshore wind resource and additional major potential for exploiting waves and sea current energy. Still firmly believes in a sustainable future energy supply based upon renewables and provided as an essential public service to the people in the UK. Availability […]

  • Welsh Trio to Participate in ORE Catapult’s Floating Wind Supply Chain Programme

    12 February 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind, Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, R&D, Research & Development

    Three Welsh companies have been selected for Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s first Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) programme in Wales. The three companies that were selected to take part in the F4OR programme are Ledwood Mechanical Engineering, Mainstay Marine Solutions, and CELSA Steel UK. The 12-18 month programme will be delivered by ORE Catapult, […]

  • EWEA: Is German Offshore Wind Under Threat?

    12 April 2013

    European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) spoke to Andreas Wagner, CEO of the Offshore Wind Foundation (Stiftung Offshore-Windenergie) and part of the team negotiating with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, trying to find out what is the future of German offshore wind power, as the country is said to be facing support cuts, besides the already known […]

  • New Training Programme to Help Korean Companies Enter US Offshore Wind

    9 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Contribution

    The Business Network for Offshore Wind, in partnership with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME), has launched the US Offshore Wind Pathway Program, designed to support the entry of Korean-based companies into the fast-growing US market. The ten companies that were selected by KOSME are: ACE Engineering&Technology, CyTroniQ Co., Ltd., Dong Yang Engineering (DYE), […]

  • Basque Companies Launch Floating Offshore Wind O&M Optimisation Project

    6 April 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    15 Basque companies led by Saitec Offshore Technologies have launched the FLOAT&M project to research and develop new solutions to improve operations & maintenance (O&M) of floating offshore wind farms. The project kicked off in 2021 and was officially launched this week during the WindEurope Bilbao event. The three-year project is financed by the Basque […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Northwester 2 Wind Farm

    19 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Parkwind and marine contractor Jan De Nul have kicked off offshore seabed preparation works in the Belgian North Sea for the 219MW Northwester 2 wind farm. Jan De Nul has just finished the offshore scour protection works on the wind farm’s 23 turbine locations. At each location, the subsea rock installation vessel Simon […]

  • New US Pact Targets Fisheries and Offshore Wind Coordination

    27 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), NOAA Fisheries and the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on fisheries and offshore wind coordination. Under the 10-year agreement, the parties will collaborate on the science and process of offshore wind energy development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. RODA, a coalition of fishing industry […]

  • Murphy Starts Installing Hornsea Project One Onshore Cables

    3 November 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    J. Murphy & Sons has begun installing underground cables in North Lincolnshire for what will be the world’s biggest wind farm, DONG Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One. The cable route will run approximately 38km from the landfall site at Horseshoe Point to the onshore substation at North Killingholme. David Maddison, operations director in the Murphy’s power […]

  • Oil & Gas Company Advanced Insulation Improves Market Diversification by Acquiring Manuplas

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Upstream oil & gas specialist Advanced Insulation Ltd (AI) has acquired Plymouth-based Manuplas, a specialist in the design, engineering and manufacture of polymer solutions for the marine and offshore sectors, including offshore wind.  Commenting on the acquisition, Advanced Insulation’s managing director Andrew Bennion says: “The acquisition of Manuplas enhances AI’s market diversification by providing further penetration into our […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Supervises Construction and Assembly at DanTysk OWF

    11 July 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall has engaged the offshore division of Deutsche Windtechnik to carry out relevant parts of the construction and assembly supervision for the wind energy turbines in the offshore wind farm DanTysk. Engineers and technicians of Deutsche Windtechnik systematically document and analyse the quality of the whole construction and manufacturing process and monitor the compliance. The […]

  • EUR 6.5M Secured for Human Heart-Inspired Wave Tech

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    CorPower, a developer of a wave energy converter inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart, has completed a €6.5M funding round, thus securing a critical investment for the next stage of the company’s development and allowing for the third round of testing of its wave energy technology, called the HiWave. Results from the second stage of HiWave […]

  • BlueFloat, Renantis Press Ahead with 1.1 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Project

    13 February 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting

    The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership have submitted a scoping request and Habitats Regulations Assessment screening report to the Marine Directorate for the Broadshore Hub Wind Farm Development Areas in Scotland. The scoping request seeks the Scottish Minister’s opinion on the scope and details of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The Broadshore Hub Wind […]

  • First Steel Cut for Cadeler’s Second X-Class Newbuild

    22 February 2023
    Vessels

    The first steel has been cut for Cadeler’s second X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Offshore’s shipyard in Qidong, China. The Danish service provider Cadeler signed a contract with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels in June 2021. Each vessel, equipped with a crane […]

  • Vestas Books Marco Polo’s New CSOV for Asia Pacific Offshore Wind Projects

    15 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwan-based subsidiary, PKR Offshore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vestas Taiwan for the deployment of Marco Polo’s new commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) on offshore wind projects in the Asia Pacific region. The new CSOV will be deployed across offshore wind farms in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, over […]

  • No Showstoppers for Estonian-Latvian Offshore Wind Development

    14 March 2022
    R&D

    BLIX Consultancy has found no issues stopping Estonia and Latvia from building offshore wind and related transmission infrastructure in the countries’ sectors of the Baltic Sea. This is according to a four-tier study commissioned by Elering AS and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST), which consists of an offshore technology catalogue, review of high-level planning, Pre-FEED study and Right-of-way […]

  • Foundation Installation to Begin at 342 MW German Offshore Wind Farm

    4 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME is currently mobilising its jack-up vessel Neptune as well as the Blue Tern jack-up, chartered from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, for monopile installation that is set commence at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany. The vessels will also be joined by Sea Challenger which will install the project’s transition pieces, according to a […]

  • Havfram Eyes Securing Top Spot in Powering Oil and Gas Assets with Offshore Wind

    2 March 2022

    Havfram intends to become one of the future leaders in the electrification market for oil and gas production assets through offshore wind developments, the company said on 2 March, a little over a year after changing its name to reflect its increased commitment to offshore wind. The company said it had identified oil and gas […]

  • Floating Wind Project Unveiled in Azerbaijan

    15 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SOCAR and Technip Energies have signed a cooperation agreement which, among other things, will see the two companies working on a joint pilot project for powering upstream operations in Azerbaijan’s sector of the Caspian Sea with electricity produced by a floating wind turbine. If the project moves forward, it would represent the first offshore wind […]

  • Germany Opens Tender for Geophysical and Hydrographic Surveys at N-9 Wind Zone

    12 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has invited tenders for geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys as part of the geological preliminary exploration in the N-9 wind energy area. Specifically, the sites to be surveyed within the area in the North Sea are N-9.1, N-9.3 and N-9.4. The work under this tender at the N-9.1 […]

  • Ørsted Opens Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Base

    3 September 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has officially opened the Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Base (HTOCB) at Humberside Airport in Lincolnshire. The building, formerly a police station at the airport, will now house around 30 Ørsted employees who will be working around the clock to construct the 1.4GW wind farm. Hornsea Two, located 89 kilometres off the Yorkshire Coast, will […]

  • Lithuanians to Choose Between Ten Potential Offshore Wind Partners

    10 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Lithuanian state-owned energy company Lietuvos Energija has received initial interest from ten potential partners to jointly develop offshore wind projects in Lithuania and abroad. Lietuvos Energija initiated an Expression of Interest (EOI) process in February to find an experienced partner and jointly develop offshore wind projects within the European Economic Area. The ten potential partners who responded to the call are all ”European offshore wind market […]

  • EIB Working on New Energy Lending Policy

    11 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched a new public consultation on energy financing to better reflect energy industry trends and to enhance its support for the European Union’s 2030 energy and climate targets. Over the next three months, EIB will engage with stakeholders, including shareholders, industry associations, civil society and the private sector to develop […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up EOWDC Site Investigation off Aberdeen

    4 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen, Scotland. Fugro started the geotechnical site investigation to assess the seabed at 11 turbine locations in early March. The data acquired will be used to inform the final design and micro-siting of the turbine foundations. […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to Keep an Ear to the Ground at Horns Rev 3

    11 January 2016
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register (LR) on measuring underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. Energinet.dk will take on installation of the substation for guiding the electricity into the onshore grid. The substation, scheduled for installation later in 2016, is to be positioned on a […]

  • UK: CTruk Signs Deal for Paul Knight’s 20T Multi-Purpose Catamaran Design

    26 June 2013

    Essex-based CTruk topped off a busy first day at Seawork International by signing an agreement with a new client, Paul Knight, for their now proven composite 20T multi-purpose catamaran design. Isle of Mull-based Paul started his own shellfish export business at the age of 18 and has always had a head for opportunities. Later adding […]

  • UK: P&O Ferries Enters Offshore Wind Market

    9 March 2012

    P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, is to enter the renewable energy market by supplying one of its large freight ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The three to four month charter of the 23,000 tonne European Seaway to Centrica Renewable […]