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  • NOV Joins Crew on New OHT Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    11 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has awarded NOV with a contract to design and supply equipment for OHT’s new wind turbine installation vessel. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1, OHT signed the complete shipbuilding contract with CMHI in October 2020. The jack-up vessel, referred to as VIND 1, and its sister vessel VIND 2 are […]

  • Scour Protection Works Needed at One Trianel Windpark Borkum Turbine

    5 May 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its installation. Therefore, the chosen company will also provide any […]

  • GE Contracts DHSS for Merkur O&M Phase

    3 March 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    GE Renewable Energy has contracted DHSS for vessel agency and port logistics services during the O&M phase of the Merkur offshore wind project in Germany. DHSS has been the service provider for GE since the start of the project’s construction phase in 2018 with regards to logistical services for the involved service operation vessels (SOVs) […]

  • Return of the Hub

    6 October 2017

    Offshore WIND is once again gathering industry players in one place to hear their insights and get “the news behind the news” by looking at the industry movements through businesses involved in it.

  • Avangrid Takes Half of Vineyard Wind

    9 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Iberdrola’s U.S.-based subsidiary Avangrid Renewables has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in the Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

  • SSE Ups Output from Renewables

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    SSE has marked a 21.4 increase in total electricity output from renewable sources for the nine months ended 31 December, 2015, compared to the same period a year earlier. The Perth-headquartered energy company’s output from renewable resources, including offshore wind farms, was 6.8 TWh for the period, compared to 5.6 TWh recorded for the nine months ended […]

  • The Netherlands Gets New Hydraulic Research Facility

    7 October 2015
    R&D

    Dutch Ministers Schultz van Haegen (Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment) and Kamp (Ministry of Economic Affairs) opened a new hydraulic research facility, one of a kind in the world, Deltares’ Delta Flume in Delft. The Delta Flume will be the location for full-scale studies of the effects of extreme waves on dikes and offshore structures – […]

  • MMT Restructures

    9 June 2015

    MMT Group has made strategic changes to existing organizational structure in line with MMT ambitious aims for growth and in order to meet competitive market conditions. A new Management team will focus on sales and operational efficiency. With a recent launch of a new high-speed Surveyor Interceptor ROV, MMT sees new market opportunities and an increased market […]

  • Blackbird Initiates Share Buyback Program

    14 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Blackbird International Corporation, an owner of WERPO renewable sea wave energy technology, will initiate a planned share buyback program of its common stock from the open market up to 7 million shares. Shmuel Ovadia, Director and inventor of BBRD’s technology stated: “We believe the common shares of BBRD are very valuable and this share buyback […]

  • IHC to Build 4.000-Ton Crane Vessel for Scaldis

    20 February 2015
    Vessels

    Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered a self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC. The vessel will be operated by Scaldis. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC on the basis of the extensive experience that Scaldis has accumulated hoisting heavy objects in challenging offshore conditions. The […]

  • Top News of the Week June 30 – July 6, 2014

    6 July 2014

    MHI Vestas Invites Suppliers MVOW has now launched a new website which includes a supplier gateway which allows companies to submit their details online to request to become a supplier to MVOW. Sif Group Expands Its Production Capacity, Manufactures Supersize Monopiles In the future, the length and the diameters of the monopiles will continue to […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Extends DOF Subsea’s Contract

    28 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    DOF Subsea, provider of integrated subsea solutions, has been awarded a Master Service Agreement (MSA) extension with Seaway Heavy Lifting for the provision of positioning services onboard its Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov crane vessels. DOF Subsea offers services to third parties across the globe through its survey and positioning division. The contract with Seaway […]

  • Red7Marine Offshore Completes Seavex Excavation Trial at Lincs OWF, UK

    18 March 2013
    Technology

    Red7Marine were recently contracted by Centrica to trial SeaVex Excavation equipment on certain areas of Lincs wind farm, charetring and operating from the DP2 Loch Roag vessel.  The project was to initially gauge what areas could be trenched to certain depths in extreme soil conditions ranging from 250 to 500kPa using a non-intrusive method as […]

  • The Netherlands: BMT Launches First 26m XSS Windfarm Support Vessel

    23 October 2012

    BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announces that the first 26m XSS Windfarm Support for Turbine Transfers has been launched at the Sepers B.V shipyard in Holland. The XSS (Extreme Semi-SWATH) offers significant improvements in motion levels over conventional platforms and is on target […]

  • Eleven Wind Farm Support Vessels in UK Equiped with MTU Engines

    9 April 2012

    It is important that a windfarm support vessel is able to transport personnel and cargo safely, even in rough seas. Thanks to its low water-plane surface, the Austal Tri Swath, the fourth Austal contracted vessel for the Turbine Transfers fleet, has that ability and is less prone to instability. “Being able to transport wind turbine […]

  • Denmark: Svanen Installs One Third of Anholt Wind Farm Monopiles

    5 April 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    As of 1 April 2012, 37½ of the 111 monopiles that make up Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are installed, and as such one third of the driving is complete. As expected, there are great challenges associated with the seabed where both very soft areas and very hard areas are present. The driving of monopile number […]

  • USA: Water Power Program Offers Funding to Wave Energy Devices

    27 March 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    On Tuesday, March 20, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program notified potential future applicants of an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement tentatively titled, “In-Water Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) Device Testing Support.” DOE intends to fund one industry-led project that will deploy and test a WEC device for one year. The device will be […]

  • Iberdrola Plans to Build 400 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore Wind Farm

    28 February 2012

    IBERDROLA Chairman Ignacio Galán met today with IBERDROLA Group professionals at the 10th annual meeting with employees. At the meeting, Galán discussed the projects to be carried out in 2012. Highlights here included ongoing deployment of smart grids in Spain, which will be extended to a further 11 areas in 2012, and will entail the […]

  • NDE Offshore Starts Inspecting Platform Helideck Substructures off Germany

    20 April 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore service provider NDE Offshore has started annual inspections of the helideck substructures on three HVDC platforms in the German North Sea for Siemens Transmission.

  • USA: Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority to Meet in Richmond

    22 May 2013
    Authorities, Environment

      The Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority will meet tomorrow, May 23 in Richmond, reports the Associated Press. The Authority will discuss recent activities relating to offshore wind power development, how to protect rare North Atlantic right whale as well as mapping of the ocean floor. The meeting is open to the public and the […]

  • Lhyfe and WPD Launch Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Partnership in Sweden

    11 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    WPD Offshore AB has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the green hydrogen supplier, Lhyfe, to jointly establish and directly connect a facility for green hydrogen production to wpd’s planned Storgrundet offshore wind farm in Söderhamn, Sweden. The goal is to achieve a total installed capacity of 600 MW, which makes the project […]

  • Rystad Energy: Offshore Wind Jobs to Triple by 2030

    19 February 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Workforce demand in offshore wind will rise dramatically over the next decade, with the number of jobs in this sector reaching around 589,000 in 2025, while 2030 could see 868,000 full-time offshore wind jobs. Currently, it is estimated that around 297,000 people are working in the sector. This is according to an analysis from Rystad […]

  • LiDARs Saving Millions on Costs, Experts Say

    18 July 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Wind measurement experts, gathered at a seminar hosted by Leosphere in June, claimed LiDAR is becoming the clear choice for bankable offshore wind measurements, saving millions on costs.

  • Carbon Trust: Floating Wind Is UK’s Golden Ticket

    23 January 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A new report published by the Carbon Trust has highlighted the key areas for policy makers to consider in order to develop a world leading market for floating wind in the UK. Recommendations for policy and regulatory measures include a viable support mechanism to secure the UK’s position as a world leader in floating wind, as well […]

  • All-Energy to Launch Offshore Maintenance – Where Offshore Wind Meets Oil and Gas (UK)

    30 September 2011

      Europe is in pre-eminent position in the offshore wind sector, and the UK, with 487 turbines installed (1,534MW of capacity); a further 2 GW in construction; and 42.1GW tabled for future development, is at the top of that European league. With the operation and maintenance business opportunities available throughout a typical 266-year wind farm […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Well Positioned to Weather Hard Brexit – Report

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind is well positioned to play a major role in the long term UK energy mix even in the case of hard Brexit, according to a joint report by Wood Mackenzie and Verisk Maplecroft. With more than 19GW of new capacity forecast by 2028, a hard Brexit is expected to have limited impact on this […]