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  • Mott MacDonald Backs Japan’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    13 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Mott MacDonald is acting as the lender’s technical advisor on the Akita project, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.

  • Maersk and East Coast College to Provide Offshore Wind Training

    22 November 2019
    Training & Education

    Maersk Training has established a partnership with the UK’s East Coast College to provide training courses for offshore renewable energy. The training courses will be held at East Coast College’s Energy Skills Centre in Lowestoft and Offshore Wind Skills Centre in Great Yarmouth. The GBP 11.4 million Energy Skills Centre, home to the East Coast […]

  • First Turbine Up at Yangjiang Nanpeng Island Offshore Wind Farm – Video

    11 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) has installed the first wind turbine on the 400MW CGN Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm. The installation of the first 5.5MW turbine off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea was completed on 27 June, CGN said. Also, 16 wind turbine jacket foundations have so far been installed […]

  • Apollo Readies for Naming Ceremony

    20 February 2019
    Vessels

    DEME Group’s multi-purpose, self-propelled jack-up vessel Apollo is getting ready for its naming ceremony, which will be held in Zeebrugge, Belgium, on 21 February. The event is called Unboxing the Apollo, while the godmother will be Olympic, European and World Champion in heptathlon Nafi Thiam, a spokesperson from DEME Group told Offshore WIND.  According to the vessel’s AIS, Apollo is […]

  • Saitec Wraps Up SATH Tests at IHCantabria

    22 January 2018
    R&D, Technology

    Saitec Offshore has completed a test campaign at IHCantabria in Spain for the SATH floating foundation for offshore wind turbines in intermediate to deep waters.

  • Atlas Professionals Acquires Four New Global Offices

    18 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Atlas Professionals has officially acquired Programmed Marine offices in Houston, Aberdeen, Dubai and Singapore, while the joint venture in Australia and New Zealand will remain as Programmed Marine.

  • Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business

    16 May 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.

  • Esvagt Njord Joins Dudgeon OWF Team in Great Yarmouth (Video)

    9 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Today’s opening event for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre will also incorporate the naming of the wind farm’s purpose built 84-metre service operations vessel (SOV), Esvagt Njord. The vessel marks a new approach to operations and maintenance with accommodation for up to 40 wind turbine technicians who will live on the ship and […]

  • Scotland Greenlights World’s Largest Floating Wind Project

    2 November 2015
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construction of Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating offshore wind development. The pilot park will comprise five floating 6MW turbines installed approximately 25km off the coast of Peterhead, with a generating capacity of 135GWh of electricity each year. It is expected that the Hywind Scotland […]

  • Novel Floating Wind Measurement Device Launched

    14 September 2015
    Technology

    After confirmation of successful tests of the floating wind measurement device in July 2015, seaLIDAR was introduced to the offshore wind energy market today.  UK-based seaLIDAR Ltd, developed by ESTIA Consulting & Engineering S.A., combines measurement technologies with the potential to perform fully compliant IEC 61400 offshore wind measurements regardless of sea depth or availability of […]

  • EMEC to Store Tidal Power with Hydrogen-Based System

    17 April 2015
    Technology

    EMEC has procured an electrolyser to convert power generated at its tidal test site in Orkney to hydrogen fuel. The ground-breaking new project will pilot the storage of electricity from different forms of renewables, overcoming island grid constraints. ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has won a competitive tender to supply an […]

  • Uptime International Wins Offshore Wind Contract

    8 April 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Uptime International has entered into contract with Ulstein Verft AS for delivery of two active motion compensated gangways. The walk to work systems will be mounted during first half of 2016 on two new built wind turbine service operation vessels (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte and their affiliate Windea Offshore. This is the first dedicated […]

  • New Anglia LEP: East Anglia Top Location in the World for Offshore Wind

    27 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    New Anglia LEP has welcomed a big new investment in a major wind farm planned off the coast of East Anglia which has won the UK Government approval. Mark Pendlington, Chairman of New Anglia LEP said: “This further confirms the place of East Anglia as a top location in the world for offshore wind. “The […]

  • Offshore Wind’s Growth Drives HVDC Converter Station Market

    22 October 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Research and Markets has added the “Global HVDC Converter Station Market 2014-2018” report to their offering. According to the report, the global HVDC Converter Station market will grow at a CAGR of 22.2% over the period 2013-2018. A high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) converter station is a specialized type of substation, which is used as an end-to-end equipment […]

  • BSH to Publish German Offshore Grid Plan for the Baltic Sea

    6 March 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) will publish the Federal Spatial Offshore Grid Plan for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Baltic Sea tomorrow. It contains a planning timeline to 2023 for four grid connection measures with a capacity of about 1000 MW. The plan defines routes for submarine cable systems and locations of […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes EWEA Statistics

    28 January 2013

    RenewableUK welcomed new statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association, which confirm that in 2012 the UK offshore wind sector enjoyed one its most successful years ever, with 9 offshore wind farms fully connected to the national grid. According to EWEA 854 megawatts of capacity to generate clean electricity were installed last year, bringing […]

  • Abu Dhabi MAR Acquires Former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel (Germany)

    2 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      As of today the contracts for the acquisition of the former HDW Gaarden GmbH in Kiel have entered into force. Abu Dhabi MAR Kiel GmbH starts with 172 employees, the facilities, equipment and infrastructure of the former HDW Gaarden, working on first orders of its target markets offshore, mega yachts and construction of special […]

  • Massachusetts Starts Largest Offshore Wind Solicitation

    10 May 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The US State of Massachusetts and the state’s utilities have issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) to procure at least 400 MW and up to 1,600 MW of offshore wind capacity. Bidders are allowed to offer proposals from 200 MW to up to 1600 MW, the RfP said. This is the state’s third offshore wind […]

  • ScotWind Leasing Timeline Confirmed

    5 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed the final process and timeline for the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects. ScotWind, which was launched this June, will close for applications on 31 March 2021. Crown Estate Scotland will publish the Post-adoption Addendum to ScotWind Leasing on 15 January 2021, which will confirm the final arrangements […]

  • UK Proposes to Ease OFTO Rules on Four OWFs

    24 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The UK Government has proposed to exempt Beatrice, Hornsea One, Rampion, and East Anglia One offshore wind farms from the requirement to hold a licence to transmit electricity, due to COVID-19-related delays in transferring their transmission assets. The four offshore wind farms, involved in the fifth and sixth tender rounds of the Offshore Transmission Owner […]

  • Rotos 360 and Siemens Gamesa Repair Westermost Rough Blades

    13 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Rotos 360 and Siemens Gamesa have completed an internal blade repair campaign at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm in the UK. Rotos 360 provided the wind farm with a full turnkey solution, which included labor and vessel supply, full inspection and repairs, as well as a follow-up analysis. The UK-based company, part of James Fisher and […]

  • SMC Sets Up Taiwan Branch

    12 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) Ltd has established a branch in Taiwan with an aim to support the offshore wind sector in the region. The new branch is located in Taipei and will be managed by SMC’s Operations Director and Taiwan Regional Manager, Dean Coates. “We are extremely pleased to reach what is yet another significant milestone […]

  • Virginia Affirms Offshore Wind Ambitions

    3 October 2018
    Authorities

    Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam has released the 2018 Virginia Energy Plan which calls for the development of 2,000MW of offshore wind capacity by 2028.

  • Vineyard Wind Submits Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report

    5 September 2018
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    US offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has submitted a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Report (SDEIR) to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) for the 800MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts.

  • Massachusetts Opens Door to Additional 1.6GW of Offshore Wind

    1 August 2018
    Authorities

    The Massachusetts House and Senate have approved a bill which could boost the state’s target of installed and procured offshore wind capacity to up to 3.2GW by 2035.

  • DeepOcean’s COO Mæland to Take Over Acting CEO Position

    30 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean’s Board of Directors has announced that COO Ottar Mæland will take over the responsibilities as the company’s acting CEO.