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  • Port of Brest Prepares for Offshore Wind

    5 October 2017
    Ports & Logistics

    The French port of Brest has started upgrading its quay areas to enable accommodating the offshore renewables industry.

  • Belgium Plans to Store Wind Energy on Artificial Island

    18 January 2013
    Technology

    Belgium is on track to solve issues of storing surplus electricity generated from offshore wind by building an artificial island in the North Sea. It would be located 3 km off the coast near the town of Wenduine and built in shape of a doughnut, where excess energy would be stored by pumping water out […]

  • UK: Mansell to Build New Facilities for Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    16 March 2012

    Mansell has won a contract worth £2.6 million with Scira Offshore Energy Ltd to build new facilities providing support for Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. The development at Egmere, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, includes a two-storey office block, warehouse, car park and bike shelter and Mansell will also carry out landscaping and widening of the existing road. […]

  • Seajacks Scylla Arrives in Great Yarmouth

    24 February 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks Scylla, deemed the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel, arrived at the Port of Great Yarmouth today. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to the Port of Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel HLV Osprey, however, bad weather […]

  • Seven Developers File Applications for Two Wind Areas Offshore Estonia

    31 August 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Seven companies have submitted applications for the development of offshore wind projects in two areas in the Estonian sector of the Baltic Sea, for which the application deadline closed on 28 August. The auction for the two areas, named Liivi 1 and Liivi 2, is expected to take place in November or December of this […]

  • Vineyard Wind Moves Through the System

    14 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office has advanced its environmental review of the proposed Vineyard Wind Connector transmission project by issuing a certificate regarding the project’s Environmental Notification Form (ENF).

  • UK: NAREC Completes Offshore Renewable Technologies Testing Facility

    14 May 2012

    National contractor Shepherd Construction has completed the first of three new structures being constructed at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland. The three structures* form part of Narec’s £80 million + investment in world-class facilities for the testing of offshore renewable technologies. The new facilities being constructed will enable the accelerated lifetime […]

  • KCI’S DOUBLE SLIP JOINT

    8 June 2015

    Grouting or bolting of the connection between monopile and transition piece belong to the past with the introduction of Dutch engineering company KCI’s Double Slip Joint. KCI is completely convinced about this after completing intensive research. The company introduced their new concept at the EWEA OFFSHORE event in Copenhagen last month where it attracted a […]

  • Tocardo to Exhibit at Hannover Messe

    2 April 2014

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines, Dutch producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, will exhibit its expertise at the Hannover Messe from April 6 to 11. Invited by Top Sector Energy and FME, Tocardo will, together with nine other clean energy companies, participate in the themed exhibition entitled Holland: Sustainable Urban Delta in Hall 16. The exhibition […]

  • Nexans Trenching First Beatrice Export Cable

    9 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Nexans has started jetting/trenching of the installed section of the first Beatrice offshore wind farm export cable (EC1.1) from around 2km North of the beach at Portgordon.

  • EOLOS to Deliver Floating LiDARs for New York Bight Campaign

    1 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    EOLOS Floating LiDAR Solutions will provide two of its floating LiDARs for the New York Bight metocean campaign, for which NYSERDA just awarded contracts to Ocean Tech Services (OTS) and DNV GL. The Spanish company will supply the technology as part of its collaboration with the U.S.-based OTS. EOLOS said it is now working on the two […]

  • Free Flow Power’s Tidal Turbine Passes Ocean Test (USA)

    16 August 2011

    Politicians and scientists celebrated water on Monday, despite rain showers that canceled a planned tidal power demonstration.   By Sean Teehan (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 16, 2011;

  • UK Should Set Up Floating Wind Funding Pot – Report

    1 November 2019
    Technology

    The UK Government should use the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction framework to create a specific pot of funding for innovative technologies like floating wind, according to a report released by RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables. This will secure an increase in new capacity from 32MW now to up to 2GW by 2030, making floating wind […]

  • USA: Oregon Adopts Territorial Sea Plan for Ocean Energy Development

    28 January 2013
    Authorities

    The State of Oregon has adopted a new Territorial Sea Plan (Part 5) that includes policies and maps governing how and under what conditions ocean renewable energy will be allowed to develop in state waters. On Thursday, January 24th, after a full day of comments and discussion, the Land Conservation and Development Commission voted to […]

  • Oceanlinx Generator Off Carrickalinga Still Poses Safety Risk

    8 August 2014

    Residents from Fleurieu Peninsula were updated on the status of a stranded wave energy device in Carrickalinga waters. Last month representatives of the District Council of Yankalilla; the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI); the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR); the Environment Protection Authority (EPA); and Oceanlinx’s receiver, KordaMentha attended the […]

  • TenneT Starts Laying DolWin6 Export Cables

    29 June 2021
    Grid Connection

    Offshore cable-laying work to link the DolWin6 grid connection in the North Sea to the German grid has started, TenneT said. The cable-laying work follows an unexploded ordnance removal campaign where a total of twelve UXOs identified along the sea cable route were removed in May 2021. The 39-kilometre export cable section is expected to […]

  • Finland Sheds More Light on Major Offshore Wind Project

    7 May 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus plans to have the Korsnäs offshore wind farm up and running as early as 2028. Metsähallitus, which is currently in the process of selecting a partner to jointly develop the project, said that the wind farm, located some 15 kilometres off the coast of the municipality of Korsnäs, will have a […]

  • EOLOS, Partrac Deploy Resource Measurement Tech at Welsh Floating Wind Site

    11 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EOLOS has deployed its FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy in the waters where Wales’ first floating offshore wind farm, the 96 MW Erebus, will be built. The Spanish floating LiDAR supplier secured a contract for the Erebus project this summer with Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between Ireland-based blue economy developer Simply Blue Energy and […]

  • Flying Coatings and Corrosion Inspector Coming in October 2017

    1 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    AkzoNobel, DroneOps and Barrier Group have partnered to develop drone technology for remote inspection of offshore wind farms as well as ballast water tanks on ocean going ships.

  • UK: Cable Crossings Pose Threat to Navigational Safety

    1 June 2012

    Last month RYA reported on the rock placements or rock berms that were put in place to protect the export cables from the Kentish Flats and London Array wind farms at the point at which they cross. Throughout UK waters cable crossings are becoming more likely, and already more frequent, as offshore energy installations continue […]

  • Germany: BARD-Group Completes Realignment of Management Team

    13 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Olaf Struck is a versed […]

  • Workboat Show: Strong Demand for Offshore Service Vessels Signals Growing Market (USA)

    10 December 2010
    Technology

    Offshore service vessels (OSV) are becoming larger, more specialized and technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments, including the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, there are some 2,500 OSV worldwide, with a steady growth projected from now through 2020. All this has led to an expanded definition of […]

  • Germany: Preparation Begins for Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning Conference

    9 October 2012

    In little over a month, the first-ever Offshore Wind Energy Summit with an exclusive focus on grids, foundations and installation technology will take place in Hamburg, the principal location for offshore wind in Europe. More than 150 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of 25 Utilities and 80 installation specialists – have begun […]

  • Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority to Meet for the First Time (USA)

    8 December 2010
    Authorities

    An authority created to promote development of wind power in waters off Virginia is scheduled to meet for the first time. The Virginia… (wavy) [mappress] Source: wavy, December 08, 2010

  • Norway Grants Concession to SeaTwirl’s Floating Wind Demo

    29 March 2022
    Authorities

    SeaTwirl has been granted concession for an offshore site in Bokn municipality, Norway, where the Swedish company plans to install its S2x floating wind platform. SeaTwirl, together with Marin Energi Testsenter AS (MET), applied for a five-year concession with Norwegian Waterways and Energy Directorate to install its 1 MW S2x vertical-shafted turbine with associated anchors […]

  • Greece Opens Public Consultation on Offshore Wind Legislative Framework

    22 January 2021
    Authorities

    The Greek wind energy association ELETAEN has launched public consultation for a legislative framework for the development of offshore wind in Greece. The consultation period will run until 1 February and is part of the implementation of the project “Necessary legislative adjustments to promote offshore wind energy in Greece”, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 […]