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  • DONG’s UK Chairman Announces Retirement

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy’s UK Country Chairman Brent Cheshire will retire in June after 13 years with the company. Matthew Wright, who comes from a position as CEO of Southern Water, has been appointed to succeed Brent Cheshire and will become the new Managing Director of DONG Energy UK effective of 1 June 2017. Brent Cheshire was […]

  • MPI Discovery Installs First Rampion Turbine

    10 March 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MPI Offshore’s jack-up vessel MPI Discovery installed the first of 116 3.45MW MHI Vestas wind turbines at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off Sussex in the early morning hours of Friday, 10 March.

  • Azura Generates First Power

    7 July 2015

    Almost a month after it was deployed by Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) at the United States Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) near Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawai’i, Azura, the wave energy device, has started generating power. This pilot testing is now giving U.S. researchers the opportunity to monitor and evaluate the long-term performance of the nation’s […]

  • Head of RenewableUK Names James Fisher’s Vessel

    24 February 2015
    Vessels

    James Fisher Marine Services’s (JFMS) multi-purpose wind farm support vessel, Dart Fisher, has been formally named by the vessel’s Godmother Maria McCaffery MBE, CEO of RenewableUK at a dedication service held at Griffon Hoverwork, Southampton. The service, attended by key customers, partners and The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Sue Blatchford was delivered […]

  • Vattenfall Releases Consultation Dates for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

    16 August 2011

    Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the joint venture (JV) partners behind a cutting edge Wind Deployment Centre in Scottish waters – the 11-wind turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen Bay – have announced dates for forthcoming public consultation events. David Hodkinson, UK Country Manager of Vattenfall, said: “The public […]

  • UK: BMT to Design Vessels for BLRT Grupp

    22 May 2012

    BLRT Marketex, a subsidiary of BLRT Grupp AS, and BMT Nigel Gee Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have signed an agreement whereby BMT will provide vessel designs to BLRT Marketex. The relationship has provided immediate success with an outline agreement announced for BLRT Marketex to construct four new 24m highly flexible and […]

  • Germany: Sietas Undocks Jack-Up Vessel for Offshore Wind Farms

    2 April 2013

    The hull is complete, the steelwork concluded, the building of the deckhouse has begun – in the dock of Sietas shipyard the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms developed and constructed in Germany is currently taking shape. Construction started in April 2012; the handover of the ship to the client, the renowned Dutch marine […]

  • Investigation into Diver’s Death at Alpha Ventus Re-Opened

    25 January 2016
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance

    An investigation into the death of a diver, who was working on German Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in 2012, when the fatal accident happened, has been reopened. Danish authorities, which had initially said that an undiagnosed heart condition was the cause of death, will review the case again after a UK coroner’s inquest last year has shown the […]

  • World’s first full scale floating wind turbine (Sweden)

    25 August 2010
    R&D, Technology

    Statoil’s innovative offshore floating Hywind wind turbine demonstrates how Trelleborg’s syntactic foam buoyancy technology is contributing to the future of offshore power. “It is subsea technology that has already been extensively proven,” commented Gary Howland, Renewables Sales Manager for Trelleborg Offshore. “Trelleborg Distributed Buoyancy Modules (DBMs) developed for deepwater support of umbilicals and risers in […]

  • ‘Thor’ En Route to Baltic Sea

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The large jack-up vessel Thor sailed from the North Sea to the Danish city Hirtshals in the beginning of September to be prepared for the ships next assignment in the Baltic Sea. During the stay, Blue Water acted as agent for the ship. “We have wide experience within port agency services and other harbor-related assignments, […]

  • UK: Port of Ardersier Submits Plans for Offshore Wind Development

    6 May 2013
    Ports & Logistics

    A renewables jobs boom could come to the Highlands of Scotland if plans to turn a former oil fabrication yard into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind get the go ahead. The Port of Ardersier has submitted plans to Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for the consents needed to make the site a […]

  • CMHI to Build OOS Energy’s New Jack-Ups

    28 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    China Merchants Heavy Industry will start building OOS Energy’s two newly designed jack-up vessels later this year. The new multi-activity units (MAUs) will be capable of handling offshore wind installation and oil & gas decommissioning operations.

  • Nexans to Supply Hornsea Project One Inter-Array Cables

    14 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has contracted Nexans to supply and terminate a total of 139km of a three-phase subsea cable for the first of three construction phases of the Hornsea Project One wind farm.  The 34kV cables of latest generation will be used for inter-linking a total of 58 wind turbines and connecting them to the offshore transformer […]

  • Kværner Orders Slipform Systems for Hywind Tampen

    16 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Kværner has selected German engineering company Dominion for the design, supply, and supervision services for the slipform systems that will erect the concrete wind towers for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Dominion said its cylindrical and conical sets of slipform systems can be used multiple times and include hydraulic jacking system, formwork material, yokes […]

  • Rutgers Uni Secures DOE Grant for Turbine Design Software

    10 October 2019
    R&D

    The U.S. Department of Energy has allocated a circa USD 1.3 million grant to Rutgers University to develop a software for the design of floating offshore wind turbines. The university’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering secured the funding through ARPA-E’s  Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control (ATLANTIS) program. According to Rutgers University, Assistant Professor Onur Bilgen […]

  • E.ON Starts Building Amrumbank West OWF

    15 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    E.ON has started the construction of Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea. The first foundation was installed today 37 kilometers northwest of the island of Helgoland. To help build Amrumbank West and other offshore projects, E.ON has chartered the MPI Discovery, a self-elevating turbine installation vessel or jackup rig, for several years. The […]

  • Offshore Wind Players to Class Up Jacket Node Fatigue Tests

    22 February 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator announced a new GBP 2.4 million project aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind by optimising the design of jacket foundations through improved fatigue standards and validation of faster testing and fabrication methods. Jacket foundations are set to become a more dominant design solution, as monopiles are unlikely […]

  • Cloudberry Ramping Up Its Offshore Wind Game

    8 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    Cloudberry Clean Energy, a Nordic renewable energy developer and power producer currently working on a shallow-water wind farm in Lake Vänern in southern Sweden, is strengthening its offshore wind business and looking into opportunities for developing further shallow-water as well as “conventional” offshore wind projects. Cloudberry’s CEO Anders Lenborg said the company had an ambition […]

  • EPSRC Funding for Centre of Renewable Energy Marine Structures

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced 22 new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). One of these, a new £7.8m Centre for Structural Integrity & Materials for Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy, will be led by Cranfield and they will partner in a second new centre. The Centre of […]

  • BOEM Working on Environmental Assessment for Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Area

    12 January 2022
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is preparing a draft environmental assessment (EA) for offshore wind activities in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where the government agency is looking to narrow the identified wider area before advancing any Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) for lease sales. “The Gulf of Mexico is well-positioned […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Government Welcomes DOI’s Announcement

    5 June 2013
    Authorities

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Bureau (BOEM) have announced the first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The auction, scheduled to take place on July 31, will offer 164,750 acres offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing. […]

  • US Proposes Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Carolina Long Bay

    29 October 2021
    Authorities

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for offshore wind development in federal waters off North Carolina and South Carolina  in the Federal Register on 1 November. Issuing the PSN will open a 60-day period for public comments and for any prospective bidders wishing to participate in the lease sale […]

  • Sweden: Roxtec Seals Provide Solutions for Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms

    15 January 2013

    Roxtec seals provide complete safety solutions for long-term, cost-effective operational reliability for both Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms. The demand for speed, safety and long-term reliability is increasing on today’s wind farms, so the importance of a complete offering like Roxtec’s modular-based sealing system is ever-greater to fit into applications where cables and pipes exist. […]

  • ‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Floating Wind Platform En Route to Installation Site

    12 August 2024
    Floating Wind, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform according to Mingyang, has sailed out of Guangzhou, China, and is heading towards the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, where it will be installed. The floater is a dual-turbine V-shaped platform and has a generation capacity of 16.6 MW, featuring two […]

  • Fukushima Hamakaze Spar Tilts Back Into Position

    17 May 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The advanced spar floating foundation built to support the 5MW Fukushima Hamakaze structure off Japan has recovered stability after it tilted while under tow in Osaka Bay last week. The advanced spar floater was en route from Hitachi-Zosen’s dockyard in Sakai to the Sumoto port when it tilted due to an uncontrolled water ingress during the planned […]

  • Verdant Power to Install 30 Tidal Turbines in East River (USA)

    16 February 2012

    As part of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy project, 30 turbines are being installed along the strait that connects the Long Island Sound with the Atlantic Ocean in the New York Harbor. The project, led by Verdant Power, Inc., is the first ever commercially licensed tidal energy project in the United States. The turbines are […]