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  • UK: TRI SWATH WFSV Delivered to Southampton

    14 May 2013

    The first of Austal’s revolutionary TRI SWATH wind farm support vessels has arrived in Europe. The 27 metre Cable Bay was built for Turbine Transfers at Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. The vessel was offloaded in Southampton, with the process and handover to the owner overseen by technical staff from Austal’s UK office. Austal says […]

  • Germany: Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Install 80 Turbines at Butendiek

    28 February 2013

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned on a 50/50 basis by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has been awarded a contract by the German company SIEMENS AG for installation work of 80 turbines at the “Butendiek” offshore wind power plant off Germany’s North Sea coast. The contract commences in September 2014 and […]

  • Belgium: Elia Seeks Contractors for Building Offshore Infrastructures

    19 October 2012
    Grid Connection

    Elia is seeking for a contractor to erect offshore infrastructures off the Belgian coast in order to connect the wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. The contract stipulates the possibility of land reclamation and/or the possibility of contracting an offshore platform. Namely, the grid operator in Belgium is legally obligated to connect offshore wind […]

  • Wind Powering America Updates Interactive Maps of Educational Programs and Schools

    17 August 2011

      Wind Powering America (WPA) added 25 new universities or community colleges to an interactive map identifying wind energy education programs across the United States. WPA also added 10 new schools to an interactive map that identifies more than 250 schools with operating or planned wind turbines. Interactive map shows location of wind energy educational […]

  • Flotation Energy, Vårgrønn Take First Permitting Step for Another Oil & Gas-Powering Floating Wind Farm

    2 March 2023
    Business development, Wind Farm Update

    Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, who recently filed a Marine Licence application for their 500 MW Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland, have now submitted a Scoping Report for the 1.4 GW Cenos floating offshore wind farm to Marine Scotland. The developers have submitted leasing applications for both Cenos and Green Volt as part of […]

  • Spain Approves Offshore Wind Roadmap

    13 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    Spain’s Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, has approved the Roadmap for the Development of Offshore Wind and Marine Energy. The Roadmap contains 20 lines of action with the aim of reaching between 1 GW and 3 GW of floating offshore wind power capacity […]

  • Typhoon Sells Remaining 5 Pct Interest in Gemini Offshore Wind Farm

    30 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Typhoon Offshore B.V. (“Typhoon Offshore”) announced it has entered into agreements with Northland Power Inc. (“Northland”) regarding the sale of Typhoon Offshore’s remaining 5% interest in Gemini, the 600MW offshore wind project currently in advanced development. This will top up Northland’s majority equity stake in Gemini to 60%. Gemini is to be located 85 kilometres […]

  • UK: Tideland Consortium Presents Their Expertise at ExCel London

    14 June 2012

    Tideland Signal, Dabbrook Services and Tranberg Systems of Denmark have joined forces to present a comprehensive service for specifying, supply and installation of navigation warning systems and all other low-voltage equipment on offshore wind farms on stand 321 at Global Offshore Wind, ExCel London from 13 to 14 June. Tideland Signal is a leading global […]

  • NYPA Board Chairman Michael Townsend Questions Offshore Wind Project (USA)

    3 May 2011
    Authorities

      New York Power Authority board chairman Michael Townsend questioned Monday whether the authority’s offshore wind farm proposal should go forward. “From my perspective, I don’t think that project is very viable at this time, politically or economically,” said Townsend, a lawyer with the Perinton-based law firm Harris Beach. The authority, an independent arm of […]

  • Floating Wind, Green Hydrogen Bring Green Freeport Status to Two Scottish Ports

    13 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The Scottish and UK governments have awarded the Green Freeport status to Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport in Scotland. The ports, Scotland’s first Green Freeports, will receive up to GBP 52 million in start-up funding and will benefit from tax reliefs and other incentives. As the governments announced the status awards, […]

  • Siemens Develops System to Fight Fires in Wind Turbines

    17 February 2014
    Technology

    Siemens has developed an automatic fire detection and extinguishing system for offshore wind turbines. The first of these systems was recently installed at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the North Sea. A fire in a wind turbine can quickly turn dangerous for people and the environment, particularly if the nacelle or rotors catch fire, […]

  • GDF SUEZ, VINCI and CDC Infrastructure Submit their Bids for French Wind Farms

    12 January 2012

       GDF SUEZ, VINCI and CDC Infrastructure submitted yesterday their bids to the Government to develop offshore wind energy, further to a call for tenders covering an expanse off the coast of France, encompassing 3,000 MW of wind energy, from 2015. They are bidding on four of the five zones identified by the State as […]

  • GE Presents Advanced 4.1-113 Offshore Wind Turbine (Belgium)

    15 March 2011

    GE today introduced its 4.1-113 wind turbine, a four-megawatt (MW) class machine that is optimized for offshore use and is designed to bring a new level of reliability to the offshore wind industry. GE has signed a contract to supply a 4.1-113 wind turbine, along with associated services, to Göteborg Energi for installation in the […]

  • 21 Turbines Up at Trianel Windpark Borkum II

    4 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Twenty-one of the 32 Senvion 6.2M152 turbines have been installed on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) offshore wind project in Germany.

  • Eneco Luchterduinen’s Transformer Station Ready

    4 February 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Following the construction and onshore commissioning, Offshore High Voltage Station (OHVS) for the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm has been loaded onto a transportation barge, waiting to be installed at the offshore construction site.  The OHVS is expected to be installed between mid February and early March 2015. On February 2, Belgian Secretary of State for the North […]

  • VIDEO: Maersk Training in Offshore Wind

    19 February 2013
    Training & Education

    In 2012, Maersk Training Newcastle was given an overwhelming thumbs-up to run its basic safety training course after an independent auditor from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) visited Maersk’s state-of-the-art training facilities in North Shields. Maersk Training Newcastle became the UK’s first – and one of only a handful around the world – to be given […]

  • Van Oord’s Next-Gen Newbuild to Install Nordseecluster Foundations

    26 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has been selected as the preferred supplier for the transport and installation of foundations for RWE and Northland Power’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany. For this work, Van Oord will deploy its brand-new offshore installation vessel Boreas which is currently being built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China. […]

  • RWE Adds DHSS to Kaskasi Team

    30 March 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has awarded a contract to DHSS for logistics at the Port of Eemshaven during the installation phase of its 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under the contract, DHSS will support RWE with regard to vessel agency services, port logistics, and storage. Services will be managed from the DHSS […]

  • Aker Offshore Wind, Hexicon Open Public Consultations for Three Swedish Floating Wind Projects

    13 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    After announcing their collaboration a few months ago, Aker Offshore Wind and Hexicon are now taking the fist steps towards realisation of their floating wind projects in Sweden. According to the latest update from Aker Offshore Wind posted on the Oslo stock exchange, the companies have opened public consultation for three floating wind projects and […]

  • Conservation Charity Expresses Concern over Thanet Extension Cable

    20 February 2019
    Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Kent Wildlife Trust has outlined environmental concerns about a proposed extension to the Thanet offshore wind farm at a Planning Inspectorate hearing. The application, which was submitted by Vattenfall last year, includes plans to run a cable through Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve. According to the conservation charity, ”the land affected by this […]

  • Senvion Picks Eurogate Bremerhaven as Nordergründe OWF Base Port

    10 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    German wind turbine maker Senvion GmbH has selected Eurogate Container Terminal Bremerhaven as base port for the transportation and installation of wind turbines for the 110MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm. wpd AG, the developer and the future operator of the wind farm, commissioned Senvion to supply 18 type 6.2M126 wind turbines to be installed close to the shore in the […]

  • Dong Prefers MHI Vestas for Borkum Riffgrund 2

    10 June 2015

    DONG Energy has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as preferred supplier for the proposed delivery of the V164-8.0MW wind turbine for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. Borkum Riffgrund 2 with an awarded grid capacity of 450MW is located in the North Sea, approximately 57km off the north-west coast of Germany and […]

  • Dong Enters US Offshore Wind Market

    7 April 2015

    DONG Energy has taken over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s (RES) more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts. At the offshore wind auction held by BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) on 29 January 2015, RES secured the rights to develop one of the two leases that were awarded. The […]

  • SGS to Certify Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The certification company SGS has been commissioned for the certification of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea. The certification work ranges from the examination of the project’s fundamentals to its final design — in accordance with the standards of the German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). Dr Malte Posewang, Due Diligence Project […]

  • Vestas Urges EU Leaders for Better Wind Energy Support

    8 December 2014
    Authorities

    Tomorrow, EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the internal energy market. The first blueprint of an EU Energy Union will be presented in early 2015, with the goal of addressing one of Europe’s key challenges: energy security. Vestas believes that wind energy should be an integral part of an Energy Union on par […]

  • Lahmeyer Exhibits at EWEA’s Event in Germany

    19 November 2013
    Technology

    Wind energy specialists from around the world will meet from November 19-21, 2013 at the Frankfurt/Main fair grounds for the EWEA OFFSHORE 2013. Lahmeyer International will present their wide range of services. These include technical and organisational concepts for yield maximisation and comprehensive technical and commercial services for wind power projects. As a leading independent […]