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  • SSE and EDF Get a Rejection Letter from CMA

    26 February 2018
    Authorities, Grid Connection

    The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dismissed an appeal by SSE and EDF Energy against Ofgem’s decision to reject their request to modify industry rules.

  • International Trade Missions Lounge

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Over the years, Offshore Energy & Conference (OEEC) has become a place of choice for trade missions led by industry organizations, professional membership organizations and governments.

  • Geo Plus Finishes Norther Survey Scope

    23 May 2019

    Geo Plus’ survey and ROV support vessel Geo Focus has completed its activities on the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium. The vessel acted as the main survey vessel during the full installation phase of the 370MW project on a long-term charter with Van Oord. Van Oord is the project’s main contractor responsible for cable installation and […]

  • Van Oord’s Heavy Lifters Team Up on Walney Extension (VIDEO)

    17 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has shared a video of the company’s heavy lift vessels – Aeolus and Svanen – installing the 87 foundations on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea.

  • USA: BOEM Takes Next Step for Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Maine

    10 August 2012
    Authorities

    As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy development, including renewable energy, the Department of the Interior announced yesterday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is taking important steps forward in the assessment of a proposed project to demonstrate floating offshore wind technology on the Outer Continental Shelf […]

  • Beatrice OWF Puts Scotland at Forefront of UK Construction Sector

    27 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Beatrice offshore wind project has positioned Scotland as the top UK region for construction contract value in May, for the second month in a row, according to the May edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review from the industry analyst Barbour ABI. The majority of the contracts awarded in May by value were in Scotland, […]

  • 8.2 Consulting Helps Quadran with Pilot Floating Wind Farm Tender

    16 June 2016
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offshore to floating offshore implies a technology and development leap […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sea Challenger Carrying One of Last Turbine Sets to Borssele 1 & 2

    25 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Sea Challenger has left the port of Esbjerg with one of the last batches of turbines for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. DEME’s vessel is working in tandem with its sister vessel Sea Installer on the installation of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the site in the Dutch part of […]

  • Alstom to Exhibit at WindEnergy Hamburg

    29 July 2014

    From September 23-26, 2014, Hamburg will become the gateway to the world of wind energy. WindEnergy Hamburg unites major global onshore and offshore players under one roof. It brings together a high-calibre, professional audience and more than 1,000 exhibitors demonstrating their innovations and solutions from across the entire value chain of the industry. This new […]

  • USA: Maryland Offshore Wind Bill Gets Senate’s Preliminary Approval, Debate Continues Today

    8 March 2013
    Authorities

    The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 got a preliminary approval from the state Senate yesterday. The debate on the bill is scheduled to continue today, but the final vote is unlikely to come before Monday, CapitalGazette.com reports.  During the yesterday’s debate, the Senate rejected six amendments to the bill offered by the Republicans, […]

  • Alderney Tidal Energy Prices Will Look Cheap in 10 Years

    31 July 2013

    During the Alderney Electricity’s (AEL) first public forum, Mike Richards, Chairman of AEL talked about energy prices. Namely, Richards said that the residents would pay more for the renewable energy than they are currently paying for the oil that is being imported, This is Guernsey news portal informed. Under the contact between AEL and Alderney […]

  • Atlantic Marine Clears Path for Race Bank Export Cables

    20 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Atlantic Marine has completed the removal of boulders from the seabed where export cables for DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm will be laid.   The company used the ROV/boulder & UXO removal vessel Atlantic Explorer to carry out the task over a four-month period. Race Bank is located some 29 kilometres off Blakeney Point on […]

  • South Korea Starts Wind Training Programme with BZEE Standard

    5 July 2013
    Training & Education

    The development of wind energy, both onshore and offshore, in South Korea is gathering pace and the demand for qualified service and maintenance personnel for wind parks is growing. With this development in mind, Husum-based BZEE signed a cooperation agreement with the vocational training college Korea Polytechnic III based in Chuncheon City in July 2013. […]

  • Vos Prodect Cable Hang-Off Systems for Windpark Fryslân

    30 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Van Oord has awarded Vos Prodect Innovations with a contract to deliver cable hang-off systems for the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind project in the Netherlands.

  • Spectrum Offshore Wraps It Up at Hornsea One

    3 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Spectrum Offshore has completed its scope of work at Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. Spectrum Offshore was in charge of providing offshore construction support surveys on the 1.2GW project under a contract secured in April last year. According to the UK-based company, the work took 18 months and was carried out […]

  • Bold Tern Ticks 79 Turbines Off Hornsea One List

    27 August 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 79 turbines at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK. According to the company, Bold Tern is on its way back to the Port of Hull to pick up another load of Siemens Gamesa turbines for the 1.2GW project. Hornsea Project One will comprise […]

  • Zwerver II Busy at Burbo Bank Extension

    7 July 2016
    Vessels

    More than 100 mattresses have been installed at the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm during the past 3 weeks, as reported by HvS Dredging Support, whose multi-purpose DP 2 vessel Zwerver II is deployed at the site. The vessel is being utilized by DeepOcean, which is carrying out the mattress installation using its Intelligence Mattress Installation Frame, with Jan De […]

  • UK: Ecotricity to Deploy Searaser by Autumn

    15 June 2012

    Stroud based green energy company, Ecotricity, is planning to generate power from sea waves. Founder Dale Vince said to Utility Week that the company is on track to deploy the Searaser prototype by autumn. Searaser pumps seawater using a vertical piston between two buoys – one on the surface of the water – the other […]

  • Ørsted Contracts Manor for Hornsea Two

    4 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a major contract with Ørsted to supply power to the Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. MRE will provide the full temporary power solution, service technicians, and both crew transfer and walk-to-work vessels, during the construction phase of the 1.4 GW offshore wind farm. “When the company […]

  • Norther Substation Topside Ready to Travel

    6 August 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Norther NV and Van Oord have loaded out the offshore substation topside destined for the 370MW Norther offshore wind farm.

  • Rentel Substation Topside Awaiting Sail-Out

    4 January 2018
    Grid Connection, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    STX France has loaded a substation topside built for the Rentel offshore wind farm onto a barge in the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port in France.

  • Vårgrønn Acquires Eni’s Stake in World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    17 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s energy transition business Plenitude and the Norwegian energy investor HitecVision, has completed the acquisition of Plenitude’s stake in the three phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. As reported in June, Vårgrønn signed an agreement with Plenitude to acquire 20 per cent interest in […]

  • Five European Offshore Wind Foundation Manufacturers Form Alliance

    30 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    Bladt Industries, EEW Special Pipe Constructions, Sif Netherlands, Smulders Projects Belgium, and Steelwind Nordenham have formed an Offshore Wind Foundations Alliance (OWFA). The Alliance is already active in Brussels and has started to share its expertise with EU policymakers as part of the European strategy for offshore renewable energy and other related policy areas. OWFA […]

  • Wind Orca to Sport KenzFigee Deck Crane

    2 February 2021
    Vessels

    Cadeler, formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean (SBO), has awarded KenzFigee with a contract to replace the current offshore deck crane on wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Orca. KenzFigee will deliver the box boom type, electric hydraulic-driven Ram Luffing crane with a lifting capacity of 25 tons (SWL) in late 2021. After testing and […]

  • Hollandse Kust Noord Grid Connection Ready for Commissioning

    3 April 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has announced that the grid connection for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm is ready for commissioning. Now the wind farm’s operator, CrossWind, can connect the 69 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD 11 MW wind turbines to the offshore substation located some 20 kilometres off the […]

  • Belgium: Climate Chamber Tests Offshore Wind Turbine Service Hoist

    11 March 2013
    R&D

    Wind energy in general is becoming a substantial part of the energy mix in many countries. Most of the operational wind turbines worldwide have been placed onshore, at sites which can be accessed quite easily for maintenance tasks. In many of these area’s the environmental loads are not that extreme. As the wind turbine industry […]