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  • Photos Reveal Damage to Offshore Substation Jacket Hit by Drifting Cargo Ship

    9 February 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Transmission system operator TenneT has shared photos showing the damage done to the jacket foundation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation following a collision with an out-of-control cargo ship Julietta D during Storm Corrie. As reported, the bulk carrier Julietta D drifted for hours in the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the […]

  • BOEM, PNNL Collecting Wind and Metocean Data Offshore Hawaii

    16 February 2023
    Authorities, Research & Development

    The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have deployed a floating buoy offshore Hawaii to collect offshore wind resource and meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data. Jump to: The floating research buoy, owned by the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), was installed in December 2022 […]

  • UK: Finance Secretary John Swinney Looks into Port of Ardersier Potential

    29 April 2013
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney visited the Port of Ardersier last week to find out how the large deep-water port in the Highlands of Scotland could become a major centre for the UK’s offshore wind industry. The fact-finding mission, hosted [on Monday April 22] by Port of Ardersier Chief Executive Stephen Gobbi, enabled Mr Swinney […]

  • UK: BWS Inspects D1 Area for Offshore Wind

    29 October 2012

    On the 17th and 18th October Niels Tolstrup and Jacob Kjærgaard from Blue Water Shipping visited Belfast office and inspected the finished D1 area that is to be used for the handling and shipping of foundations and turbines for the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. “D1 was handed over […]

  • Anholt Offshore Wind Farm Gets Local Port Agency (Denmark)

    8 November 2011

    Local Port Agency Oestship – 100% owned by Blue Water Shipping – is to act as port agent and 24/7 one-point-of-contact for the operators for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Grenaa. “Grenaa is to be used as the main port of operation and we are the one-point-of-entry for all marine related services locally in […]

  • Aeolus Progressing to 2.0 Version, Old Crane Now Taken Off

    3 October 2017
    Vessels

    Although the yard cannot confirm a name change, Aeolus 2.0 is certainly busy downloading a hardware package for an upgrade at the Damen Shiprepair yard in Schiedam, the Offshore WIND team who visited the vessel in Schiedam reports.

  • OFGEM Appoints AMP as Preferred Bidder (UK)

    1 June 2011
    Grid Connection

      AMP Capital Investors, through its European infrastructure business, has been named by OFGEM as the preferred bidder to become the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission owner (OFTO) as part of a consortium including Equitix and Balfour Beatty. AMP Capital and its Green Energy Transmission (GET) consortium partners will own and operate the high voltage transmission […]

  • Elia Seeks Subsea Surveyors for Modular Offshore Grid

    4 March 2016
    Grid Connection

    Elia Asset N.V. is looking to appoint contractor(s) who will carry out seabed survey and seasoil sampling off the east Belgian coast, where submarine power cables and an offshore platform are planned to be installed as part of the Modular Offshore Grid project.  Along with the survey design and planning, the work will include marine geophysical, […]

  • GEOMET Metal Coating Gets Double Certification

    1 May 2014
    Technology

    Since the end of 2013, GEOMET® 321 has been used by SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S on fasteners of wind turbine blades. For this application, SIEMENS WIND POWER A/S requires that the coating must be able to exist in a C5-H environment (according to ISO-12944) without corrosion of the substrate material even after a 1440 hours salt spray test. For […]

  • RepaKorr Project to Keep Offshore Wind Turbines Rust-Proof for Longer

    2 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    German researchers gathered around the RepaKorr collaborative project are developing an all-round inspection and repair solution to increase the corrosion resistance of offshore wind farms, according to Fraunhofer, one of the participants in the project. The new solution, which includes the development of a special anti-corrosive film, is expected to be ready for implementation by March 2016. It places […]

  • Vessels: CTruk Transfers Offshore Wind Knowledge to Military Sector

    13 July 2015
    Vessels

    Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk CEO Andy White. White told the audience at a Royal Institute of Naval Architects conference entitled Warships 2015: Future Surface Vessels that developments in vessel design, construction and operation as a result of […]

  • USA: DOE Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Marine and Hydrokinetic Instrumentation

    7 January 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    The Water Power Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a Notice of Intent for a funding opportunity expected to be posted early this year, pending congressional appropriations. The Notice of Intent, titled “Environmental Stewardship for Renewable Energy Technologies: Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Environmental and Resource Characterization Instrumentation“, intends to support the […]

  • WIN WIN Concept Prototype-Ready

    9 May 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The WIN WIN (WINd powered Water INjection) project is now ready for prototype development after two joint industry projects have shown the concept to be both cost-efficient and technically feasible, the project leader DNV GL said.    The WIN WIN concept includes a floating wind turbine, which supplies power to a typical water injection process that […]

  • BlueFloat Deploys Floating LiDAR at Winds of September Project Site

    17 March 2023
    Business development, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Research & Development, Wind Farm Update

    Spain-headquartered BlueFloat Energy has deployed a floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system at the site of the Winds of September floating wind project offshore Taiwan. The planned wind farm is located 25 kilometres offshore from Hsinchu city, with a water depth of 64-96 metres, and an area of approximately 125 square kilometres. The 1 […]

  • BVG Associates Wins North Carolina Offshore Wind Gig

    13 August 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    UK-headquartered consultancy company BVG Associates has been awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Commerce to assist the agency with an offshore wind industry supply chain and infrastructure assessment. BVG Associates will help the Department research and develop an inventory of businesses, organizations, and physical infrastructure best positioned to promote offshore wind development […]

  • EDF Surveys Blyth Offshore Demonstration Site

    19 June 2015
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    EDF Energy Renewables will be carrying out site investigations within the area of its planned Blyth Offshore Demonstration Project during June. There are two key areas of work planned, geophysical, by EGS (International), Ltd, which looks at the seabed and geotechnical, by GEO (Denmark), which will drill boreholes into the seabed to understand rock formation. […]

  • The Netherlands: VEKA Delivers Catamaran to Royal Wagenborg

    10 April 2013

    The first high speed VEKA Catamaran for the Offshore Wind Farm industry has been delivered to Royal Wagenborg. The catamaran will supply remote wind farms in the North Sea with crew, equipment and various supplies. Later this week VEKA will launch a second catamaran for a shakedown cruise, and it will not be long before […]

  • Pipeline Installation Starts at Perth Wave Energy Project (Australia)

    3 February 2014
    Technology

    Pipeline installation works have now commenced at Carnegie’s Perth Wave Energy Project. The first stage of installation is the shoreline conduit crossing which involves the installation of a 400mm diameter high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe, which will hold the high pressure delivery and return pipes that transmit the high pressure water between the offshore and […]

  • Ørsted Submits Bid for 760 MW Wind Farm Offshore Maryland

    8 July 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has submitted a bid to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to build a 760 MW wind farm off the state’s coast. The company has filed its proposal for the Skipjack Wind 2 project in response to the Commission’s call for Round 2 offshore wind projects, through which the Commission can award at least […]

  • UK: Pelamis’ Director Speaks at Marine Energy Park Launch

    30 July 2012

    The new Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Energy Park is designed to highlight the region’s reputation as a world leader in marine energy, and forge links to progress the development of the wave and tidal power industry. The park incorporates the world-leading European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), which provides testing facilities for wave and […]

  • Cable Team Returning to France’s First Offshore Wind Farm

    10 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) plans to start the second inter-array cable installation campaign at the Saint-Nazaire offshore France in mid-March. Back in September 2018, a consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the France offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, Prysmian is responsible for […]

  • M3 Wave to Unveil Its Device Soon

    26 August 2015
    Technology

    After being selected as one of 20 semi-finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize competition, Oregon-based M3 Wave LLC plans to unveil its competition entry, codenamed NEXUS, in the coming months. “We are honored to be among only 20 teams in the world who have been selected and we look forward to pushing the […]

  • UK: CTruk Boats Signs First Export Order

    14 May 2012

    CTruk Boats, builders of multi-purpose catamarans on the UK’s east coast, has signed its first export order. The 12th vessel on the CTruk Boats’ order book since its establishment in 2009 will be a 20-tonne payload MPC for Dutch company, Sima Charters. The vessel will incorporate CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system (patent applied); a 12-person […]

  • Carnegie’s Desal Plant Connected to CETO Wave Plant

    23 October 2015
    Technology

    Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has announced that the world’s first wave energy powered seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant is fully integrated and operational. Carnegie’s desalination pilot plant on Garden Island (co-located with the Perth Wave Energy Project) was commissioned off the electricity grid earlier this year, and is now fully integrated with the CETO wave energy power plant, meaning […]

  • Latvia Rejects Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Application

    18 March 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Latvian government has rejected the application by Ørsted for an area in Latvian waters for the potential development of offshore wind, citing the need to find a suitable location for ELWIND, a joint national development between Latvia and Estonia, as the reason for the rejection. Last year, Ørsted signed a Memorandum of Understanding with […]

  • First RWE’ Offshore Wind Installation Vessel Launched (Germany)

    17 March 2011
    Technology

    At the beginning of March, the first of two offshore installation vessels owned by RWE was officially launched after only seven months of construction. The works are thus already a month ahead of the original time schedule. The final large-scale components, the main crane and the jack-up legs, will be installed over the next few […]