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  • Jet Suit Crews Might Service World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farms

    22 March 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    In an industry first, the leading offshore wind developer Ørsted is exploring the use of Jet Suit paramedics to support its operational staff working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Ørsted has partnered with Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) and Gravity Industries in the UK to trial onshore the viability […]

  • DONG to Invest GBP 5.4 Billion in East Irish Sea Wind Farms by 2019

    21 June 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy will have invested GBP 5.4 billion in developing offshore wind farms off the coast of North West England by 2019, a new report has revealed. The overall GBP 5.4 billion investment includes GBP 2.7 billion investment across the four currently operational wind farms – Barrow, Walney, Burbo Bank and West of Duddon Sands – and a […]

  • UK Opens Biggest Ever Contracts for Difference Round

    13 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The biggest ever round of the UK government’s renewable energy support scheme opened on Monday, 13 December, with GBP 200 million a year allocated for fixed-bottom and GBP 24 million for floating offshore wind projects. Renewable energy projects across Great Britain can now bid for funding in the fourth round of the Contracts for Difference […]

  • WTIVS

    2 October 2012

    In the past 12 months we have seen orders for new Wind Turbine Installation Vessels placed, new builds started and others completed and delivered. These vessels have got bigger and stronger’wlth larger cranes, and higher jacking possibilities. The specifications of almost every dimension have increased. Offshore WIND has spoken to some of the new owners […]

  • Offshore Charging Vessel Project Takes Off

    27 November 2020
    R&D, Technology, Vessels

    A consortium of offshore renewable energy and marine companies are exploring the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for electrified vessels. Funded by the first phase of the UK Government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund, the project – led by Turbulent Simulations, alongside Aluminium Marine Consultants, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, MJR Power & Automation, […]

  • Ramboll Cracks Chinese Offshore Wind Farm Design Market

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Danish engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has won a contract to design the 400MW Binhai North Phase 2 offshore wind farm in the Jiangsu province, China, developed and owned by the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). The contract makes Ramboll the first non-domestic company to design an offshore wind farm in China. Valued at more than EUR 4 million, the contract […]

  • RenewableUK Welcomes Official Figures on Energy Bills

    27 March 2013

    RenewableUK has welcomed new official figures which show that renewable energy provides a much cheaper way to generate electricity for British households than gas. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a new report which sets out the impact of climate and energy policies on consumer bills. It says annual domestic energy bills […]

  • Pert-Bruce Construction Working on Seagreen O&M Base

    25 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Pert-Bruce Construction has secured a contract with SSE Renewables to carry out works on the O&M base for the Seagreen offshore wind project. The base at Montrose Port will include an operations building, a repurposed warehouse, a communications tower, and a pontoon for crew transfer vessels traveling to the wind farm site 27km off the […]

  • Acta Marine’s ‘Coastal Vanguard’ Supporting Cable Laying in UK

    28 August 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s Shoalbusters are currently actively deployed in various Regions of the World. Several Maritime & Offshore construction projects have called upon the specialized Shallow draft fleet of Acta Marine. In Asia the Coastal Victory is engaged upon offshore support activities with a shallow draft pipe lay vessel in Korea and Taiwan. This unique 50TBP […]

  • Barge Master’s Motion Compensated Crane Gets Its Feet Wet

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Technology, Vessels

    Barge Master has delivered its first Barge Master T40 (BM-T40) motion compensated knuckle boom crane. The BM-T40 is installed on the ‘Walk to Work’ vessel the Kroonborg of Wagenborg. The BM-T40 is designed for offshore support vessels that are used to transfer small loads and personnel to (unmanned) offshore oil and gas platforms or wind turbines. The […]

  • UAE: International Press Shows Interest in Dolwin Beta at Drydocks World

    24 June 2013

    Drydocks World and Maritime World, the well-established international maritime service provider, hosted a delegation from the international press along with senior officials from TenneT, ABB and Aibel, the three companies involved in the world’s largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform – Dolwin Beta – that is under construction at the Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. The […]

  • Two Pelamis P2e Machines Complete Tank Testing (UK)

    23 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Tank testing of scale models to develop the next generation of Pelamis Wave Power’s wave energy converter (WEC) machines have now been successfully completed. The tank testing process forms a key part of a £1.4m project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is looking to boost the cost-effectiveness of large-scale WEC […]

  • Taiwan: JFMS Teams Up with TIPC

    11 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) to explore port services that will support the offshore wind industry in Taiwan. The collaboration will explore ways to broaden TIPC’s services and better meet the needs of Taiwan’s emerging offshore wind industry, JFMS stated. TIPC is […]

  • Foundation Laid for UK-France Interconnector

    24 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The foundation stone for ElecLink, the GBP 490 million interconnector between UK and France, was laid yesterday, marking the start of works on the 1GW link between the two countries that will, i.a., enable higher levels of renewables in the two countries’ power grids.

  • EWEA Welcomes Paris Agreement

    15 December 2015

    The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has welcomed the UN climate change agreement struck in Paris on Saturday, 12 December. “The commitments countries have made in their INDCs don’t yet deliver 2DC let alone 1.5DC, but collectively they are far more ambitious than anything we’ve seen before – both the overall commitments and the specific measures such […]

  • ABB Increases Orders in Germany

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Despite the difficult market environment, the German ABB performed well in the 2014 financial year. The company booked 2.4 per cent more orders in the home market over the previous year increasing the ration of all orders secured from Germany to 53 per cent. On the other hand, the total order intake, sales, operating EBITDA […]

  • John Woodruff of Natural Power, Key Speaker at RenewableUK Cymru

    23 April 2013

    John Woodruff, Principal Consultant at Natural Power has been selected to present at RenewableUK Cymru on 1st May 2013. This is the seventh annual RenewableUK Cymru event, with over 200 renewable energy experts expected to attend. With over ten years experience in the wind industry, John’s discussion, entitled ‘Habitat Management, Green Infrastructure and the Ecosystem […]

  • Teachers from Hull to Educate about Offshore Renewables (UK)

    14 February 2012
    Training & Education

    Ten teachers from the Hull region are going to become educators in a renewable industry education program started by Forewind. Forewind is a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies which joined forces to bid for the Dogger Bank Zone Development Agreement as part of The Crown Estate’s third license round for UK offshore wind […]

  • Global Offshore Wind Pipeline Blows Past 400 GW – RenewableUK

    29 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Industry

    The total pipeline of offshore wind projects around the world now stands at 413 GW, new research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team has shown. The pipeline includes projects which are fully operational, under construction, consented or being planned. The UK has a total pipeline of 63.2 GW of offshore wind capacity. China is slightly ahead […]

  • Vestas’ 8MW Turbine Selected for Burbo Bank Extension

    18 February 2014

    Vestas has been selected as the preferred supplier by Dong Energy for their offshore wind project in the UK. Namely, Vestas will deliver V164-8.0 MW wind turbines for the extension of the Burbo Bank wind farm. “The performance of the 8 MW turbine from Vestas is very promising. I see this as a very concrete […]

  • Inspection Verification Bureau Expands to Aberdeen

    16 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    IVB (Inspection Verification Bureau), which provides inspection and verification services to the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, has opened a new office in Aberdeen. Director Derek Lockwood said the company’s profitability was holding up in the offshore downturn with a steady stream of work. To maximise every opportunity, it wanted to be “on the spot” […]

  • Ireland Releases Offshore Wind Auction Rules, Expects to Secure 2.5 GW in Capacity

    10 November 2022
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Irish Government has approved terms and conditions for the country’s first auction to supply electricity from offshore wind under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1) which is expected to secure up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind capacity. The pre-qualification stage will launch next month while the qualification stage and the auction process […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • UK and Taiwan Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    13 March 2019
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    The British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry. Under this MoU, further exchange in the areas of policy, strategy, technology, operations and maintenance to promote offshore wind port and marine sector will be […]

  • Vestas Signs Baltic Eagle Wind Turbine Supply Contract

    25 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Iberdrola and Vestas have signed a contract for the supply of 50 units of Vestas’s V174-9.5 MW wind turbine model for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The contract follows the selection of Vestas (MHI Vestas) as the preferred supplier for the project in 2019 and is accompanied with a Service and Maintenance […]

  • WWII Bomb Detonated at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    25 March 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Ramora UK and 6Alpha have detonated the first of three unexploded WWII bombs which were found on the seabed within the construction area of the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, writes the Daily Post. RWE Innogy UK first discovered the bombs in January and they acquired licenses for disposals earlier this month. Toby Edmonds, […]