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  • Scottish Renewables Comments on Ofgem’s Grid Announcement

    27 January 2012

    Catherine Birkbeck, Grid and Markets Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “These new proposals by Ofgem means Scotland’s electricity generated from renewable sources such as onshore wind will reach more homes and businesses across the country than ever before.  “It is especially important for the north east of Scotland and the islands where we have […]

  • Metcentre Owners Increase Share Capital

    9 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The owners of Marine Energy Test Centre (Metcentre) have increased the share capital of the test centre. After the capital increase, the owners of Metcentre are Rogaland County (35%), Statoil (35%), Haugaland Kraft (13%), Municipality of Karmøy (8%), Polytec research foundation (5%) and others (4%). Chairman of the board, Gunnar Birkeland says: “This capital increase is very […]

  • Optimarin Kit for Edda Wind Newbuilds

    26 October 2020
    Vessels

    Norway’s Østensjø Rederi has tapped Optimarin to provide ballast water treatment systems to four wind farm service vessels currently under construction at Spanish shipyards. The Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) will be installed on Østensjø Rederi’s two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) and two service operations vessels (SOVs). The four vessels will be operated by Edda […]

  • Hornsea Two Topsides Hit the Water in Singapore

    6 August 2021
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The topsides for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and the reactive compensation station have been loaded onto Guangzhou Salvage’s vessel Hua Hai Long at Sembawang, Singapore. The topsides will soon be ready to start their journey to the UK, Guangzhou Salvage said. The topsides were manufactured by Sembcorp Marine. The jacket foundations for the offshore […]

  • Ørsted Hands In Hornsea Project Three DCO Application

    21 May 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has submitted an application to the UK Planning Inspectorate for a Hornsea Project Three Development Consent Order (DCO).

  • Dutch Seek Morphodynamic Assessment Candidates

    10 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has launched a market orientation procedure to determine which contractors are willing and able to carry out a morphodynamic assessment of the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm zone.

  • Benthic Expands into Offshore Renewables, Sets Up New Unit

    5 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Houston-headquartered offshore geotechnical & geophysical survey specialist, Benthic, has announced that it decided to officially expand into the offshore renewable energy market by establishing a new business line. 

  • Photo of the Day: Tidal Transit Sisters All Dolled Up

    23 February 2016
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit Limited has shared a photo of two of its crew transfer vessels (CTVs), Ginny Louise and her sister Eden Rose, looking ‘‘clean and ready for a busy spring” the company said in an Instagram post. The sisters have been employed on the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm on and off for the past four years, […]

  • Windfarm Update: Nordsee Ost

    1 December 2014

    Turbine installation is progressing at the NordSee Ost, which is being built 35km north-east off the isle of Helgoland, in an area of around 24km² with water depths ranging from 22 to 25m. In total 48 Senvion 6MW turbines are installed on jacket foundations. This is performed by the Victoria Mathias. And sister vessel Friedrich Ernestine which is helping out by installing rotor blades. Full […]

  • Photo of the Day: Loading of Baltic 2 Wind Turbine Blades

    30 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Loading of turbine blades for EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm in Sassnitz harbor. The wind turbine blades are being loaded onto HOCHTIEF’s jack-up vessel Vidar. With large deck space and 1,200-ton crane, the vessel can operate in water depths of up to 50 meters. Last month the first transition […]

  • UK’s Coastal Marine, Swedish TBS Yard Team Up to Build Wind Farm Vessel

    25 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Coastal Marine Eyemouth Ltd., UK and TBS Yard AB, Sweden have signed a Licence and Co-operation Agreement under which Coastal Marine will build the new CarbCAT® 25 in the United Kingdom for UK and other customers. The CarbCAT® 25 is a state-of-the-art wind farm support vessel built in carbon fibre for long life lightness combined with […]

  • ABB Releases Statement on EC’s Decision

    3 April 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB confirmed yesterday that it has been named in a European Commission ruling on anti-competitive practices in the power cable industry. ABB’s fine was waived because the company received full immunity for voluntarily disclosing these practices to the European Commission. The information provided by the company enabled the Commission to conduct an investigation resulting in […]

  • Germany: EEW Manufactures Their Largest Monopile

    27 September 2013

    In September EEW SPC has produced the heaviest monopile to date in Rostock. This monopile for the wind farm Baltic II has a length of 73.5 meters, a diameter of 6.5 meters and unit weight of 930 tons. An SPMT-Vehicle was used to transport this colossus. That is the first step toward XL-monopiles. In future, […]

  • VIDEO: Reef Subsea’s Q1000 Jet Trencher

    27 March 2013
    Technology

    Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-East of England, with offices in Aberdeen, launched a new and innovative subsea Trench ROV, Q1000 Jet Trencher, in Newcastle upon Tyne on October 4 2012. The Q1000 is a modern free flying ROV jet trencher which can operate in water depths of up to 2000m and […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of Offshore Met Mast

    14 March 2013
    Technology

    Humber Gateway offshore wind farm, located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast, just north of the mouth of the river Humber, will have 73 turbines and together the turbines will have an installed capacity of up to 219MW, which is enough electricity to power up to 170,000 UK homes – more than one and a […]

  • UK: EAOW Submits East Anglia ONE Planning Application

    17 December 2012
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    Planning application for East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm has been submitted by East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), a joint venture between Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, EADT24 news site reports. National Infrastructure Directorate will now consider the planning application and, if approved, the onshore construction part could begin in 2016 and offshore work could begin […]

  • UK: Residents Fear Atlantic Array’s Impact on Tourism

    31 August 2012

    Opponents of the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm are calling for people to have their say about the project by tomorrow, claiming that it would have major impact on tourism. This is South Wales news portal quotes Carl Johnson of Rhossili as saying that RWE had minimized the visual impact of the turbines and that […]

  • New York Offshore Wind Terminal Secures Investors

    15 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Arthur Kill Terminal LLC has entered into an agreement with certain funds managed by Apollo Funds for the exclusive right to invest in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, an offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in Staten Island, New York. New York-based Atlantic Offshore Terminals (AOT) will lead the development of Arthur […]

  • Wind Turbines at Sea Reach 5 Per Cent of Total Wind Energy Capacity

    27 April 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Global installed offshore wind capacity increased in 2020 and reached around 5 per cent of total wind capacity, according to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Overall, wind energy expansion almost doubled last year with 111 GW, compared to 58 GW in 2019. Of the 111 GW, around 34.4 GW of […]

  • Tampnet Hooks Up Hornsea One

    20 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian offshore communication network operator Tampnet has won a contract to supply 4G/LTE coverage to Ørsted’s Hornsea One offshore wind farm. The 1,218MW Hornsea One is located 120 kilometers off the Yorkshire Coast, in the UK, and will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when fully operational in 2020. Tampnet was awarded the contract for […]

  • Carbon Trust Picks Innovative Foundation Inspection Methods

    30 January 2018
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust has announced the winners of the latest innovation competition in its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) program which sought new or adaptable techniques for inspection of offshore wind foundations. Applications were open for four specific challenges, including weld inspection for monopile foundations, weld inspection for jacket foundations, grout inspection for monopile foundations and […]

  • Vattenfall Gives Reasons for Choosing Siemens Gamesa 8MW Turbine

    6 December 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Vattenfall has chosen the new 8MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbine for its Danish offshore wind farms because it “was simply the cheapest choice in the market measured by cost per generated megawatt-hour electricity,” Michael Simmelsgaard, Head of Offshore Wind and Country Manager for Vattenfall in Denmark, said.

  • Next Geosolutions Secures Survey Work on World’s Longest Subsea Interconnector

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels

    Geoscience and engineering service provider Next Geosolutions has been awarded two survey contracts for the 1.4GW North Sea Link (NSL) project, the world’s longest subsea interconnector and the first electricity link between UK and Norway.

  • DONG Energy Pitches Hornsea Three Onshore Cable Route

    27 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    ​DONG Energy has published an indicative area in which the cables carrying clean electricity from its proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm could be located, and is seeking feedback from local communities in Norfolk. Hornsea Project Three is a 2.4GW project that if built out to capacity will provide enough power for well over […]

  • Foundation Monitoring System Brings Zensor EU’s Rising Blue Star of the Year

    14 September 2016

    Zensor, a Belgium-based provider of monitoring packages for offshore wind support structures, won the Rising Blue Star of the Year award at the first edition of the Blue Economy Business Awards. The ceremony was held as part of the first Blue Economy Business & Science Forum at the International Maritime Museum of Hamburg. Zensor provides condition monitoring systems for the foundation […]

  • Western Isles Reinforcing Power Network

    8 June 2015
    Grid Connection

    Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) is establishing a Western Isles renewable energy steering group. The group, which will include representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland, will explore opportunities for making best use of the existing electricity network and for connecting additional renewables on the islands ahead of network reinforcement. It […]