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  • Vestas 15 MW Prototype Turbine Produces First Power

    30 December 2022
    R&D

    Vestas’ V236-15.0 MW prototype wind turbine has produced its first kWh after being fully assembled at the Østerild National test centre for large wind turbines in Western Jutland, Denmark. The wind turbine prototype will now undergo an extensive test and verification programme to ensure reliability before full-type certification and serial production begins. The prototype development […]

  • James Fisher Wins Work on Ørsted’s Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Project

    3 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has partnered with Ho Lung Power Engineering (HLPE) to provide technical support for cable termination and testing (T&T) of Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan. In the new collaboration, JF Renewables will provide planning, reporting, engineering support/technical review, and skilled labour to complete cable T&T for Greater Changhua. […]

  • SCHOTTEL, Lyon Shipyard Team Up to Support US Offshore Wind

    25 March 2022
    Business & Finance

    SCHOTTEL has reached an agreement with Virginia-based Lyon Shipyard to support the servicing of vessels in the emerging US offshore wind industry. SCHOTTEL, headquartered in Germany, is a manufacturing company that produces propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications, while Lyon Shipyard acts as a full-service ship repair facility. According to SCHOTTEL, operating […]

  • DNV Updates Floating Wind Structures Standard

    25 August 2021
    Technology

    DNV has updated the DNV-ST-0119 standard for floating wind turbine structures. The updated standard is said to include technical improvements that would allow the industry to further optimize floating wind turbine structures while maintaining a sufficient level of safety. The main change is a completely revised section on floating stability, DNV said. In addition, various […]

  • Equinor, SSE Order 13 MW Turbines for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a 50:50 joint venture between SSE Renewables and Equinor, has signed a contract with GE Renewable Energy for 190 wind turbines for the Dogger Bank A & B offshore wind project. Dogger Bank A & B will be the world’s first offshore wind farm to use GE’s Haliade-X 13 MW turbines, […]

  • California Floating Wind Project Commits to Local Content

    7 December 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Morro Bay City Council has approved an exclusive Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) with Castle Wind LLC to support the development of the planned 1GW Castle Wind Offshore floating wind project off the coast of Central California.

  • Vattenfall: Norfolk Sister Wind Farms Will Share Onshore Cable Corridor

    6 March 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has revealed a narrower search area for cables needed to carry power underground from the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farms. Earlier this year Vattenfall revealed a 700-metre search area for a 60-kilometre underground cable corridor north of Norwich. Ahead of nine public information days in March and April, the […]

  • ‘Happy Star’ Carrying 22 Damen Vessels

    28 September 2015
    Vessels

    The Damen Shipyards Group is shipping a total of 22 vessels from several Damen shipyards aboard the heavy-lift vessel Happy Star. This is Damen’s largest transportation of stock vessels to date. Upon arrival in Europe later this month, the completed vessels will be ready for immediate sale and can swiftly be put into operation.   […]

  • Galloper Selects Alstom and Petrofac as Preferred Suppliers

    9 September 2014

    Galloper Offshore Wind Farm has appointed a UK based consortium as its preferred supplier of its Electrical System. Alstom and Petrofac, which comprises Alstom based in Staffordshire and Petrofac in Aberdeen, will provide the onshore and offshore substations and onshore cabling with around 300 jobs being secured in the UK as part of the construction […]

  • Offshore Wind to Account For 80 Per Cent of Infrastructure at Sea by 2050 – DNV

    9 March 2023
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The amount of ocean space occupied by installations will grow five-fold by 2050, driven by offshore wind, which will account for 80 per cent of stationary infrastructure at sea by midcentury, followed by aquaculture (13 per cent) and oil and gas (5 per cent), according to DNV. Whilst ocean space is plentiful, industrial activity will […]

  • NKT and Prysmian to Connect New Dutch Offshore Wind Farms to Land

    3 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has selected NKT and Prysmian to install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for grid projects which will link new Dutch offshore wind farms to the national grid. TenneT’s next-generation, 2 GW grid connections in the Netherlands are scheduled to be completed between 2028 and 2030. NKT will build the cable connections for […]

  • New York Company Proposes Repowering Fossil Fuel Plant with Offshore Wind

    26 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection

    US energy asset manager and developer, Rise Light & Power, has submitted a proposal in response to New York State’s offshore wind solicitation which the company says will be the nation’s first renewable repowering of a major fossil-fuel plant with offshore wind power. By securing an ownership stake in an offshore wind project, Rise said […]

  • Ørsted and CIP Partner on 5.2 GW of Offshore Wind in Denmark, Plan Power-to-X Production

    25 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are entering into a 50/50 partnership to develop four large-scale offshore wind projects under the ‘open door’ scheme in Denmark. The projects are planned to include Power-to-X capabilities and to be built before or in parallel with the projects selected through the government tenders. The partners plan to develop […]

  • EDF to Bid in Norwegian Tender with Deep Wind Offshore

    2 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    EDF Renewables has partnered with the Norwegian Independent Power Producer (IPP) Deep Wind Offshore to bid in the offshore wind auction in Norway, where the new 50/50 joint venture will submit applications for the development of two commercial-scale projects in the tendered areas, Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II. “To have Deep Wind Offshore as […]

  • Belgium and Denmark Probing North Sea Energy Island Link

    12 February 2021
    Grid Connection

    Belgian and Danish transmission system operators, Elia and Energinet, have signed an agreement to assess the possibility of connecting the countries’ grids via the energy island in the North Sea. The two TSOs will, by the end of 2021, carry out technical and cost-benefit analyses of the interconnection project. At the beginning of 2022, the […]

  • Better Supply Chain Engagement Could Save EUR 1.5 Billion Annually (UK)

    30 October 2012
    R&D

    The cost of delivering offshore wind schemes could be reduced by up to 15% by the end of this decade through more effective supply chain engagement, according to research by global built asset consultancy, EC Harris. With the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) estimating that by 2020, €10.4bn could be invested in Europe’s offshore wind […]

  • UK: Osiris Projects Has Cable Route Survey Solutions

    16 July 2012
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Accounting for around 16% of total project cost, submarine cabling procurement and installation for offshore wind developments is a significant commercial investment. Unfortunately for developers submarine cables do not exist in a static environment, and are subjected to a number of potential threats both natural and manmade. Manmade hostile seabed intervention can include fishing, anchoring […]

  • NOF Energy Celebrates Stars of Industry at Annual Awards and Dinner (UK)

    9 December 2011

    NOF Energy, the UK business development organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors, has celebrated the stars of the industry at its Annual Awards and Dinner. Hosted by TV presenter, Wendy Gibson, the event at the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham showcased some of the energy sectors’ success stories and rewarded […]

  • Offshore Wind Giants Join Forces to Address Carbon Emissions

    31 January 2023
    Contribution, Industry

    Eleven offshore wind developers are partnering with the Carbon Trust to develop methodology and guidance to measure and address the carbon emissions associated with offshore wind farms throughout their lifecycle. The offshore wind developers that joined forces with the Carbon Trust are bp, EnBW, Fred. Olsen Seawind, Ørsted, Parkwind, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Shell, SSE Renewables, […]

  • Scots Lay BASE for Cost-Saving Blade Access System

    24 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Scottish company Span Access Solutions Ltd is developing a new way to access offshore wind turbine blades that could save GBP 1.05 billion across the current European fleet of offshore wind farms, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said.

  • SIEM MOXIE Wins Offshore Renewables Award

    9 April 2014
    Technology

    The SIEM MOXIE, an infield support vessel (ISV) equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP), has been singled out for the Offshore Renewables Award at the 2014 Offshore Support Journal Conference in London. Designed for specific tasks on wind farms in the North Sea as well as on the Atlantic, this offshore vessel boasts excellent dynamic […]

  • China Longyuan Power’s Evaluation Technology for Offshore Wind

    9 October 2013

    On September 27, the “Observation and Evaluation Technology Research for Wind Resource and Hydrological Information of Offshore Wind Plant” project approved and established by China Guodian Corporation and completed by Zhongneng Power-Tech Development Co., Ltd. subordinate to China Longyuan Power passed the acceptance of China Guodian Corporation as well as the technical evaluation of the […]

  • Germany: EUROS Delivers First 7MW Offshore Blade

    28 May 2013

    Three months after opening the new prototype production facility in Sassnitz/Mukran on the island of Rügen, Germany, independent rotor blade designer and manufacturer EUROS delivers its first offshore blade to the customer Mitsubishi. This type of rotor blade with a length of 81.6 m and a mass of 32.5 tons will operate on Mitsubishi’s “Sea […]

  • Germany: Ballast Nedam to Install EnBW Baltic 2 Foundations

    27 March 2013
    Grid Connection

    Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of foundations at the German EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm with ARGE BALTIC 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, GeoSea N.V. and HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing GmbH. Ballast Nedam will erect the project’s 39 monopile and transition piece foundations and provide the logistics […]

  • Germany: Winergy to Exhibit HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy

    3 August 2012
    Technology

    Winergy will exhibit its Fuhrlaender-3MW-HybridDrive at Husum WindEnergy 2012. Key characteristics include the very compact design as well as the high energy conversion efficiency of more than 96%. The concept study presented at Hanover Trade Fair in April 2011 generated a lot of interest and a very positive response. At Husum, Winergy will show a […]

  • Royal Haskoning Helps Vattenfall to Extend Kentish Flats Wind Farm (UK)

    30 November 2011

    Royal Haskoning plays a key role in helping Vattenfall become the first offshore energy company to be cleared for examination by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), and move a step closer to achieving its plan to extend an existing offshore wind farm. Following an extensive community consultation and Environmental Impact Assessment, Vattenfall plans to extend […]