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  • Nordsee Ost Cracks 1 TWh Mark

    13 May 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 295MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm has generated one million megawatt-hours of electricity almost exactly a year after its full commissioning on 8 May 2015, RWE Innogy reports. “One year after the official opening of our wind farm, we have cracked the one million mark. I am proud because it shows that our systems can meet the planned targets and […]

  • VIDEO: Creating Symbiosis Between Offshore Wind and Marine Life

    5 February 2016
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    What does ocean biology have to do with offshore wind energy? Quite a lot, according to this video by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which explains how scientists carefully study underwater areas to map out the best locations for potential future wind energy projects. The outer continental shelf of North Carolina supports some of the […]

  • Van Oord Wins Balance of Plant Contract for Teesside Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    30 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      EDF Energy Renewables awarded the Balance of Plant contract for the Teesside offshore wind farm to Van Oord. The execution offshore for the Van Oord activities will start mid January 2012 and are scheduled for completion in November 2012. The wind farm is located at its closest point 1.5 km off the shore of […]

  • UK: BlueWaterDanbrit Introduces New Business Development Manager

    19 June 2012

    BlueWaterDanbrit participated at RenewablesUK´s trade exhibition, which was held in London 13-14 June 2012. “Before the exhibition, we attended A2Seas’s golf event as both players and sponsors, and the event was a great start to the exhibition week. In addition to a good round of golf, we had the possibility of networking with the other […]

  • CWind Deploys Crew Vessels to London Array, Teesside Offshore Wind Farms (UK)

    12 November 2012

    CWind now has more CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamarans operational on the London Array wind farm and Teesside wind farm, bringing the 20T fleet now deployed to seven vessels. These 2 new vessels are working on crew transfer and join a fleet already involved in rescue response, generator management and crew transfer tasks. Vessel capability is […]

  • Aquamarine’s CEO Elected to Ocean Energy Europe Board

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Office John Malcolm was today elected to the board of Ocean Energy Europe – the influential Brussels-based trade body which has an important role in shaping European policy for wave and tidal energy. Speaking on his election at their AGM today, Mr Malcom said: “The recent events in the wave energy […]

  • CWind Deploys DP2 Vessel in Germany, Another Set to Work in UK

    2 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    CWind will bring a second DP2 vessel to the market, after the company already chartered one to work in the German offshore wind sector. The new vessel will work in the North East of England, according to Ian Douglas, CEO of Global Marine Systems, which now fully owns CWind.  CWind Managing Director, Lee Andrews said: “CWind has chartered a […]

  • German Offshore Wind Law Excludes Kaikas, Wpd Takes It to Court

    29 September 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Wpd today filed a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe against the provisions of the German offshore wind energy law (WindSeeG), which exclude wpd’s offshore wind project Kaikas from future tenders without indemnification.  

  • Overcoming Floating Wind Challenges Is Key to Global Energy Transition – Houlder

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Contribution, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Mark Goalen, Director – Offshore Engineering, Houlder. The scaling up of renewable energy capacity will be essential for the success of the global energy transition. Increasing offshore wind capacity is, in turn, key to scaling up renewable energy production but is reliant on developers installing high-capacity farms […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bourbon Revenues up 18.8 pct in 2Q 2011 (France)

    10 August 2011

    Bourbon published second quarter 2011 results. “The steady increase in the fleet’s utilization rates, particularly in shallow water offshore, illustrates the recovery of the offshore market and our clients’ recognition of the performance of our vessels. Although significant, the improvement in daily charter rates, expected at the end of the year and in 2012, has […]

  • Shell, ScottishPower Explore Floating Wind Skills Initiative in Scotland

    12 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    ScottishPower and Shell have announced that they are exploring a new collaboration with the National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA) to maximise economic and employment opportunities related to the development of floating offshore wind farms in Scottish waters. According to the companies, they will use their ScotWind projects, MarramWind and CampionWind, to focus on the benefits […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2016

    1 September 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    USA Just Got Its First Offshore Wind Farm “The Block Island Wind Farm is now fully constructed,” Jeff Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s CEO, informed via social media on 18 August. Bilfinger Exits Offshore Wind Foundations Business Germany’s VTC Group Munich has bought Bilfinger’s share in Bilfinger Mars Offshore, a Poland-based manufacturer of steel foundations for offshore […]

  • Obama Administration Hosts Great Lakes Offshore Wind Workshop in Chicago with Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (USA)

    29 October 2010
    Authorities

    The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a workshop with the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative in Chicago on October 26 – 27, 2010, focused on the siting of offshore wind power in the Great Lakes. The two day workshop brought together wind developers, Federal and state regulators, environmental […]

  • GIA Initiates Wind Power Market Research Program

    21 July 2014

    GIA announced the launch of a major research program analysing the trends impacting the market for “Wind Power”. Invited to participate in this comprehensive grassroots level global research initiative are senior industry executives, domain experts, technologists and market strategists. The new report to be issued shortly will offer an accurate assessment of global market developments […]

  • UK: Tag Names New CEO

    23 October 2013

    TAG Energy Solutions has welcomed experienced marine and offshore construction specialist, Stuart Oakley, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Stuart joins the North East England-based company from an emerging offshore accommodations group in the Netherlands and brings considerable senior executive and management experience from his career in the subsea and deep-water field development sectors. After […]

  • APNS Condemns DPU’s Approval of Cape Wind-Nstar Deal (USA)

    28 November 2012
    Environment

    The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) has condemned a decision by the Department of Public Utilities to approve a contract between Cape Wind and NStar, saying that it would cost ratepayers an additional one billion dollars in added electricity costs for only 27.5 percent of Cape Wind’s overpriced power.   NStar has received approval […]

  • Port of Davisville Counting on Offshore Wind, Upgrading Pier 2

    16 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) has started working on modernising and rehabilitating Pier 2 at the Port of Davisville, after receiving an approval for a USD 50 million general obligation bond for the redevelopment of the pier in November 2016.

  • The Netherlands: Emswind and Emsstrom Working for Van Oord on AEOLUS Project

    25 October 2011

    The vessels EMSWIND and EMSSTROM of the EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH are working currently in the North Sea for the charterer van Oord in the project AEOLUS. During the last weeks both vessels were involved in the erection of two wind met masts. Equipped with a fast RIB the vessels are able to transfer technicians […]

  • DONG ENERGY – Bringing down the Lost Time Injury Frequency: it’s not a numbers game…

    7 September 2015

    Certainly there have been huge advances in offshore wind’s safety record, as it emerges from being somewhat of a ‘klondike’ industry in the early days. But there is still room for improvement, Martin Kjaer Mogensen, DONG Energy’s Senior Manager HSE, Centre of Excellence Wind Power, comments as he reflects on DONG Energy’s own Health and […]

  • RWE Working on 1.6 GW Offshore Wind Project in Sweden

    20 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE Renewables has completed geophysical and environmental surveys for the Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind project in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, for which the German-based developer is preparing an application for a Natura 2000 permit. “Despite some tough winter conditions in the Baltic Sea the project reached this important milestone before the end […]

  • USA: Virginia Jobs and Energy Act Introduced, Hastens Offshore Wind Development

    1 May 2013
    Authorities, Jobs & Recruitment

    Representative Scott Rigell (VA-2) introduced the Virginia Jobs and Energy Act (H.R. 1782) on Friday to open the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the coast of Virginia for energy development. Original co-sponsors of the bill include Virginia Representatives Rob Wittman (VA-1), Robert Hurt (VA-5), and Morgan Griffith (VA-9). Governor Bob McDonnell and Virginia’s U.S. Senators, […]

  • JDR: 66 kV Inter-Array Cable Allows OW Industry to Grow

    6 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    High-voltage inter-array cables such as the new 66 (72.5) kV cable recently introduced by the UK-based JDR Cables in Hartlepool will have a key role in helping the offshore wind industry move towards increased power transmission between high-power large turbines, James Young, JDR’s Chief Technical Officer told Offshore WIND.

  • China: Goldwind Publishes H1 Results

    27 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Goldwind”) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 (the “reporting period”). According to unaudited financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, the Group generated revenues of RMB3,451.01 million, net profits of RMB72.07million, basic earnings per share of RMB 0.03 […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives WindFloat Atlantic Order

    10 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The WindPlus consortium has signed a firm order with MHI Vestas to provide three V164-8.4 MW turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project situated near the coast of Northern Portugal.