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  • Scotland: Vattenfall to Conduct Environmental Assessment for Ocean Energy

    23 March 2012
    Authorities

    Monitoring the environment at sea in a region where waves are usually some five metres high is obviously challenging. That is what Vattenfall plans to do off the coast of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, the site of the company’s first wave-energy farm. The location for the wave energy farm was chosen because of the […]

  • Works Start on Rhode Island’s Offshore Wind Terminal

    13 September 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva broke ground on the first phase of the South Quay Marine Terminal project on 12 September, kicking off construction works on what will become a staging area for offshore wind projects in the US Northeast. The construction of the terminal is supported by USD […]

  • DONG to Keep Burbo Bank Grid Frequency Steady with Wind Power-Battery Hybrid

    7 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has announced plans to offer frequency response from its existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm using a combination of wind power and battery.

  • Windcat Workboats Hands Over ‘Windcat 38’ to SSE

    24 August 2015
    Vessels

    Windcat Workboats MD, Neil Clarkson, has formally handed over Windcat 38 to its new client – SSE’s Head of Offshore Wind Generation, Steve Rose. SSE chartered the vessel to work on Great Gabbard OWF. The presentation of the newly built 19m vessel took place at Windcat’s new marine engineering facility in Lowestoft, UK. Steve Rose […]

  • Two-Bladed 6MW Turbines to Spin in Scottish Waters

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Crown Estate has entered into an Agreement for Lease with Forthwind Limited, a subsidiary of 2-B Energy, for the UK’s first offshore demonstration of two-bladed turbines on the seabed at Methil in Scotland, consisting of two full scale units.  Two-bladed designs at this scale are a major innovation for the offshore wind industry and […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Orders Seasight Davit Cranes for SeaMade

    30 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Siemens Gamesa has placed an order with Seasight Davits for 58 davit cranes for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. The cranes will be manufactured by Seasight Davits’ parent company Hvide Sande Shipyard, Steel and Service and will have an outreach of 3.2m and a one-ton lifting capacity. According to the Danish davit crane supplier, the […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset in Time of Offshore Wind

    4 January 2018

    Not all heroes wear capes, and not all sunsets look (and feel) the same. Especially when we realise we live in an era of wind turbines spinning at sea, allowing us to turn on our lights while knowing our homes are powered by clean energy, and on top of that we now have one more image of a sunset that was not the luxury previous generations had. 

  • Dean Quarry Faces Another Hurdle

    18 August 2015

    The owners of quarry in the Lizard are facing another hurdle in an attempt to benefit from Swansea Bay tidal energy development. Namely, the judge allowed Cornwall Against Dean Superquarry (CADS) group to challenge a Cornwall Council decision to allow Dean Quarry to reopen, writes Western Morning News. CADS fears the reopening of the quarry […]

  • VSMC to Lay Eneco Luchterduinen Export Cable

    28 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    Cabling specialist VSMC, a joint VolkerWessels and Boskalis company has been awarded a contract by EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv to install and bury a 25km long export cable for the Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm.  The Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm, to be built by Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation, will be […]

  • The Netherlands: MV Julia Sails into Offshore Wind Industry

    4 April 2012

    The former Fastnet Line ferry Julia has sailed into the new life as a floating dormitory for offshore wind farm workers. The 30-year-old ship, with capacity for 1,860 passengers will sail to the Netherlands for major refit, where C-BED, the company that acquired the vessel, will rename her Wind Perfection, before she takes up a […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to Set Up Borkum Riffgrund 2 Turbines

    30 June 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 56 MHI Vestas 8MW turbines at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm. The turbine installation is set to start in the second quarter of 2018. “This is our second contract signed with DONG Energy and our first project installing the Vestas 8MW turbines, it is an exciting project and one […]

  • Windcat Green CTV Fleet for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    26 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with Windcat Workboats for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Under the agreement, Vattenfall will be one of the first users of Windcat’s hydrogen-powered vessels, currently being developed. The IJmuiden-headquartered vessel operator is working with CMB […]

  • U.S. Senators Push ’30-by-30′ Renewables Bill

    14 May 2015
    Authorities

    On May 12, seven U.S. democrat senators introduced a bill to create a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES), which would require utilities to generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. The legislation, according to senators Tom Udall, Edward Markey, Martin Heinrich, Michael Bennet, Jeff Merkley, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie K. Hirono, would create […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle Assists in Gwynt y Môr Cabling

    29 April 2014
    Grid Connection

    SHIP operator Rix Sea Shuttle has netted a contract at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The company was awarded the work by Reef Subsea to support their two cable installation vessels at the RWE Innogy Gwynt y Môr development. Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction […]

  • East Anglia One to Create New Working Positions

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    The East Anglia ONE project, which is the first in England and Wales to be approved from the Crown Estate’s Round Three Process, is expected to create hundreds of jobs and boost the region’s economy. It is anticipated that the development, the first of six potential projects in the East Anglia Zone, could support up to 2,700 jobs […]

  • USA: Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Launched New Radio Campaign

    7 August 2013

    Driving home the point that the end of Cape Wind is near, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound launched a new radio campaign across the Cape and the Islands. The radio spots highlight the costly threats associated with the proposed massive wind turbine project that would be located in Nantucket Sound – threats to fishermen, […]

  • UK: 60 Per Cent More Offshore Wind Projects Under Construction in 2020

    22 April 2021
    Authorities

    Project capacity under construction in the UK increased by over 60 per cent from 4.4 GW in 2019 to 7.2 GW in 2020, the latter being almost 70 per cent of the existing operational fleet, according to the Crown Estate’s 2020 Offshore Wind Operational Report. The offshore wind capacity under construction signals an extremely busy […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • UK: SSE Salutes Select Committee’s Report

    25 July 2012

    SSE welcomes the Select Committee’s report, which examines the views of an extremely wide range of stakeholders, including financiers, NGOs, consumer groups and utilities, as an important contribution to the current electricity market reform (EMR) debate. The Report’s conclusions and recommendations, the vast majority of which SSE supports, illustrate the level of concern that many […]

  • Damen Unveils New Fast Crew Supplier Class, First Unit Already Being Built

    2 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group is rolling out a new Fast Crew Supplier class – the FCS 2710 – an upgraded version of its FCS 2610. The first FCS 2710 is already under construction at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and will be delivered to High Speed Transfers (HST) in July 2018.

  • UK Minister Speaks at NOW Ireland Conference

    21 November 2011
    Authorities

    Department of Energy and Climate Change Released following speech of Charles Hendry: Thank you for inviting me to your conference today. I’m delighted to have been given this opportunity to say a few words to this gathering of leading figures in Ireland’s energy sector. The energy challenge  I’d like to start by recognising Ireland’s strong […]

  • South Korea Launches ‘First’ Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

    14 June 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has launched South Korea’s “first” offshore wind installation vessel, named the Hyundai Frontier. The 14,000-tonne vessel is 85 metres long, 41 metres wide, and 6.5 metres high. Hyundai Frontier is equipped with a dynamic position system that maintains an accurate position in the sea where the influence of current speed […]

  • Equinor Gets Permission to Build Dogger Bank O&M Base

    21 July 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    South Tyneside Council’s Planning Committee has granted permission for the construction of Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s operations and maintenance (O&M) base in the Port of Tyne. Equinor submitted an application with the accompanying planning documents to the Planning Committee in February, requesting permission to build the O&M base and warehouse with associated access, parking, landscaping […]

  • Wave Powered Pods Could Adorn Beirut’s Coast

    12 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Najjar & Najjar Architects, a design company based in Beirut and Vienna, has developed IRIS pods ‒ eye-like kinematic structures that would be installed along the coast of Beirut, at the very line where the land ends and the Mediterranean Sea begins. The IRIS pods would generate wave energy via buoys dipped in the sea, […]

  • Beatrice Cleared for Takeoff

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The GBP 2.6 billion Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project has been given the green light for construction by owners SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and SDIC Power after the project reached financial close. The 588MW, 84 turbine project, situated in the Outer Moray Firth, was consented by the Scottish government in March 2014 and granted an […]

  • Crown Estate Looking to Invest in Wave, Tidal Energy Arrays (UK)

    16 January 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate announces that it is considering investing in the UK’s first wave and tidal stream array projects, in support of its strategy to encourage growth of the emerging industry. This follows a report last year which found there is potential for tens of gigawatts of wave and tidal projects around the UK. The […]