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  • Ørsted Invests in Birdlife Monitoring AI Tech

    8 June 2022
    R&D, Technology

    Ørsted and venture capital firms Nysnø Climate Investments (Nysnø), Wiski Capital, Norrsken Foundation, and Antler have invested, via a seed funding round, in a “deep-tech” start-up Spoor that is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system to monitor and track birdlife at offshore wind farms. Ørsted will enter into a partnership with Spoor to help test […]

  • Ireland: ESB Eyes Two Sites for New 500MW Offshore Wind Farm(s)

    5 February 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ESB-owned Hibernian Wind Power has applied for two investigative foreshore licences, aiming to examine the feasibility of building a 500MW offshore wind farm (or wind farms) off Ireland’s East Coast.

  • Wave-Powered Desalination Project Developed Under DNV GL’s Patronage

    6 August 2014
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A new concept conceived by twelve selected students in the DNV GL Summer Project makes a case for wave-powered desalination to help address global water scarcity challenges. Developed over the past two months by twelve cross-disciplinary fourth-year students, the concept, dubbed Ocean Oasis, is an environmentally friendly off-grid system. It comprises of a wave energy […]

  • EMEC to Build Subsea Tidal Monitoring Pod

    27 February 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    The Scottish Government has awarded a share of the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to support the further development of an integrated site characterisation and measurement platform for high energy marine environments. The support of the MRCF Array Technology Innovation Programme (ATIP) will enable EMEC to further develop, […]

  • France: Alstom Completes Acquisition of TGL from Rolls-Royce

    30 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Alstom has completed the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) from Rolls-Royce plc. In September 2012, Alstom announced that it had agreed to acquire TGL, which specialises in the design and manufacturing of tidal stream turbines, subject to the achievement of critical milestones including the successful installation of the 1 MW tidal turbine at the […]

  • Major New Storage Facility Opens at Peterhead Port’s Smith Quay (UK)

    12 September 2011

    A new £350,000 storage facility has opened at Peterhead, as part of Peterhead Port Authority’s ambitious plans for its Smith Quay development. The storage base, which covers 8,000 square metres, provides additional working space to support vessel activities at the port’s £35million deepwater berth, the Smith Quay. The Smith Embankment Project, which incorporates a 200 […]

  • CWind Taiwan and HYTOR Bring Temporary Power Solutions to Taiwan

    10 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    CWind Taiwan and HYTOR Tools Solutions have teamed up to bring temporary power solutions to the Taiwanese offshore wind market. As part of the strategic alliance, the two companies said they imported a significant quantity of 100 kVA generators to be based in CWind Taiwan’s operational hub in Taichung Port. The generators are being prepared for […]

  • Taiwan Floats Plan to Add 10GW More Offshore Wind by 2035

    12 November 2019
    Authorities

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to set a goal of developing further 10GW of offshore wind capacity between 2026 and 2035. During the inauguration of the Formosa 1, Taiwan’s first commercial offshore wind farm, the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs to propose the plan which would see 1GW […]

  • First Subsea CPSs for Kincardine Floating Wind Farm

    23 October 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    First Subsea has secured a second contract with Spain’s Cobra Group to provide Cable Protection Systems (CPSs) for the 50MW Kincardine floating wind farm offshore Scotland. First Subsea provided CPSs for the first Kincardine floating wind turbine which was installed 15 kilometres off the coast, south of Aberdeen, last year. The company will now provide a […]

  • Viking Link Hits a Roadblock

    10 April 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Denmark’s Energinet and the UK’s National Grid have postponed the final investment decision (FID) on the Viking Link interconnector project, which was initially scheduled to take place in March.

  • JD-Contractor to Take Care of Energinet.dk’s Subsea Cables

    21 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Danish subsea services provider JD-Contractor has signed a framework agreement with compatriot Energinet.dk for contingency repairs of the transmission system operator’s subsea cables.

  • Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, Rich Tech Team Up for Offshore Wind

    4 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Guangzhou Salvage Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Transport and Rich Offshore (Rich Tech) signed an agreement on 30 December 2016, under which the two parties will set up an offshore wind joint venture.  According to Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, the joint venture will be a player in the offshore wind project construction and EPCI contracting market, with the two companies […]

  • Atlas Puts Offshore Management & QC, Offshore Wind Teams Under One Roof

    3 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Management & QC, formerly based in Exeter, has joined Atlas Professionals’ Offshore Wind team and is based in Bristol as of today. Atlas said that the Offshore Management and QC team will now have a greater opportunity to work within the offshore wind industry. “We have been working closely with the Offshore Wind team for a […]

  • ERSG to Support DONG Energy’s Danish OWFs

    13 July 2016

    DONG Energy has chosen ERSG to provide contract professionals to support its Danish offshore wind farm projects over the next 5 years. Nigel Wilson, Head of Offshore Wind at ERSG said: “We are delighted to have been selected once again by DONG Energy to staff their Danish projects and my account management team and I […]

  • BOEM Releases Final SAP Guidelines

    25 February 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Office of Renewable Energy Programs has finalized and released its Guidelines for Information Requirements for a Renewable Energy Site Assessment Plan (SAP). As required by 30 CFR 585- Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), a developer is required to submit a […]

  • Sure Wind Says Hello to Its First StratCAT 26 CTV

    6 January 2016
    Vessels

    Sure Diamond, a 26m wind farm crew transfer vessel, has been delivered to its owner Sure Wind. The StratCAT 26 vessel, built by Strategic Marine in Vietnam, completed sea trails in September 2015 and will be operating in Heligoland, Germany. Sure Wind’s second StratCAT 26 vessel, Sure Dynamic, has also completed sea trials in Vietnam and is […]

  • Wind Minds Sign Offshore Wind Deal with Korean Company

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Article update: Further details about the contract. Wind Minds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean company Doarm Engineering to develop offshore wind farms in South Korea, according to Hans Rijntalder, a renewable energy consultant and founder of Pondera Consult, one of four companies that form Wind Minds.  Rijntalder told Offshore WIND that the MoU arose […]

  • MHI Vestas Preferred Turbine Supplier for Navitus Bay

    21 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been appointed preferred supplier for the delivery of V164-8.0 MW turbines for the Navitus Bay project in the UK. As soon as the project translates into a firm and unconditional order, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will disclose further details about this, the company said. CEO Jens Tommerup said: “If the project […]

  • Nordic Yards Holds DolWin Gamma Dock Laying Ceremony

    3 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Nordic Yards held a dock laying ceremony of a steel element of the offshore converter platform DolWin gamma in Warnemünde on 30 January. The placing of a 200-tonne section marked another milestone in the production of the 900 MW HVDC platform. “With today´s dock-laying, we are happy to have completed one further important step in the construction […]

  • Taiwan Companies Set to Grab Offshore Wind Opportunities

    1 June 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Taiwanese companies from various industries are set to search for profit in renewables market, after the government’s decision to fund construction of 600 large offshore wind turbines. Around 50 local companies formed the Taiwan Wind Turbine Industry Association (TWTIA) this April, with the purpose of boosting wind power use and its development on the island, […]

  • EastPort UK Could Increase Employment Rate in Great Yarmouth

    22 May 2012

    Jamie Frater, who became head of the EastPort UK last week, said that employment in Great Yarmouth will certainly grow, the BBC writes. Mr Frater pointed out that employment growth may not be as rapid as people expect and it will be necessary to train people in Yarmouth who want to work in energy sector. […]

  • UK: SE Welcomes Gamesa’s Plans for Leith

    27 March 2012
    Authorities

    Scottish Enterprise has welcomed decision by Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa that it has chosen Leith as its preferred location for its new UK manufacturing plant.  Scottish Enterprise chief executive, Lena Wilson, said: “Scotland’s strength in offshore wind is key to Gamesa’s decision to identify Leith as its preferred wind turbine manufacturing location. The inward […]

  • Kykon is Suspending Payments (UK)

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Skykon has today filed for a suspension of payments. The creditors will shortly receive additional information from the supervisor on the further course of events. “The wind turbine industry is project based and very cyclical, and it is currently being affected by a number of negative factors in the wake of the financial crisis. These […]

  • Beatrice Starts Getting Phase 2 CfD Payments

    9 May 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    The 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK has passed the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Operational Conditions Precedent (OCPs) for its second phase. The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) began allocating the CfD payments for the 336MW of the project’s second phase on 28 April. Beatrice joins four UK onshore wind farms that have passed all […]

  • Spectrum Offshore Lands Hornsea Project One Contract

    12 April 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has awarded Spectrum Offshore with a contract for the offshore construction support survey on the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm located some 120km off the Yorkshire coast, UK. According to Spectrum Offshore, the works are being carried out onboard the crew transfer vessel Rix Leopard. The company said it has mobilized its in-house, custom […]

  • Boskalis Buys Gardline Group

    15 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired all shares of the UK-based Gardline Group.