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  • Work Starts on Sunrise Wind Onshore Substation

    25 July 2023
    Grid Connection

    The construction of the onshore substation has begun for the Sunrise Wind farm, located off the coast of Long Island, New York, including work at the laydown staging areas. Sunrise Wind’s transmission system will comprise a subsea export cable that will have a length of 100 miles (161 kilometres) to connect the wind farm’s offshore […]

  • Marlinks Secures First Cable Monitoring Gig Offshore Taiwan

    16 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ongoing provision of integrity monitoring services, including depth of burial, RTTR, […]

  • Seacat Services to Invest Over GBP 15 Million in Isle of Wight, UK

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seacat Services, a leading offshore wind farm vessel transfer operator, will, by the end of 2013, have invested over £15 million in manufacturing and jobs on the Isle of Wight.  This entire investment has been achieved in less than two years and represents a significant cash injection into the local economy. The investment includes the […]

  • Damen Targets US Offshore Wind with New Vessel Design

    26 November 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Group has designed a new Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 3410 service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV) with features that are said to ensure its suitability for operations in the developing offshore wind market in North America.

  • BAUER Installs Foundation for Tidal Energy Turbine at EMEC (Scotland)

    9 August 2011

    In late July, BAUER Renewables Ltd., a subsidiary of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH and part of the international construction and machinery manufacturing concern BAUER AG, successfully installed a drilled-in monopile foundation structure for a tidal energy turbine of the client Voith Hydro. This took place off-shore at the test site of the European Marine Energy Centre […]

  • VOS Stone Keeping Busy at Hohe See

    12 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Vroon’s walk-to-work (W2W) vessel VOS Stone is currently operating in the Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. Supporting Siemens Gamesa, VOS Stone is on duty 24/7, deploying service teams to the wind turbines, Vroon said. These operations are carried out via a gangway or by a crew transfer vessel. In addition to […]

  • First Windfarm Installation Vessel ordered for Swire Blue Ocean A/S (Denmark)

    13 August 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Swire Blue Ocean vessel design is an advanced specification focusing on safety, efficiency and reliability. The vessel offers a significantly improved operating weather window, crane capability of 1200T, DP2 station keeping, a transit speed in excess of 13 knots, single cabin accommodation for 111 people, and the ability to operate in water depths of […]

  • EastPort UK Could Increase Employment Rate in Great Yarmouth

    22 May 2012

    Jamie Frater, who became head of the EastPort UK last week, said that employment in Great Yarmouth will certainly grow, the BBC writes. Mr Frater pointed out that employment growth may not be as rapid as people expect and it will be necessary to train people in Yarmouth who want to work in energy sector. […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 27-Aug 2, 2015

    2 August 2015

    Seajacks Scylla Scheduled for Veja Mate Offshore WindForce, a joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Volker Stevin International (VolkerWessels), has awarded Seajacks UK Limited the contract to provide the Seajacks Scylla, for the transport and installation of 67 monopiles at the consented Veja Mate 400MW wind farm. Reach to Remove Nine Piles at […]

  • Preparations Underway for Turbine Installation at Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm, Germany

    9 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Preparations for the installation of wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have begun in early April. Transport and loading of heavy components of the Siemens SWT 3.6, such as towers, nacelles, blades and turbines, have been performed with a special installation vessel, the “Bold Tern” from Esbjerg. “Bold Tern”, owned by Fred Olsen, […]

  • Netherlands Eyeing Co-Location of Offshore Wind and CCS Projects

    9 June 2022
    Authorities, R&D

    The Netherlands is looking into whether areas of the North Sea could be used simultaneously for offshore wind and carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments. According to a study performed by Fugro, offshore wind farms and CCS projects in the Dutch sector of the North Sea can coexist; however, safety of such future developments needs […]

  • California Holds Great Offshore Wind Potential (USA)

    11 August 2011

      The amount of wind blowing off the California coast has high potential. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory atmospheric scientists are working with a Norwegian company to leverage that wind as a valuable energy source. LLNL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sway, a renewable energy company that has developed floating towers for placing wind […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • VTT: Artificial Intelligence Road to Erosion-Free Blades

    22 January 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Artificial intelligence and 3D printing can help in solving the problem of erosion on wind turbine blades, according to a project conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The antiAGE project saw VTT develop an optimized solution to the material problem through a design process using virtual testing and machine learning in less than a […]

  • Turbine construction coud stir up sediment, toxins

    7 April 2010

    The construction of offshore wind turbines south of Kingsville could threaten the safety of drinking water for 60,000 people, says Union…   [mappress] Source: wind-watch, April 03, 2010;

  • USA: MREC Conducts Second Round of Ocean Technology Testing

    20 July 2012
    R&D

    New milestones in the effort to transform the region into an international hub of ocean-related energy technology research and development were hailed last week at a press conference held by the UMass Dartmouth-based New England Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC). Several marine energy technology devices were on display at the event, which was held at […]

  • The Netherlands: Pommec Orders Four Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV

    23 September 2011
    Technology

    Seen as ideal for shallow water wind turbine construction work, four specially designed leaner versions of the Saab Seaeye Cougar… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, September 23, 2011

  • The Netherlands: New Offshore Pile Driving Technology Tested

    29 August 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Fistuca has announced that it had finished a series of successful near-shore piling tests with a 2.2m prototype. Two piles have been driven, a Ø2.2 meter open-ended pile and a Ø0.7 meter closed-ended pile. Extensive measurements of underwater sound levels and pile driving properties have been performed. The company collaborated with Van Oord Offshore Wind […]

  • Canada: Executive committee sidelines motion opposing offshore turbines

    20 April 2010
    Environment

    Wind turbines off the Scarborough Bluffs could kill birds, foul the water, wreck the waterfront and damage human health, a stream of…   [mappress] Source: torontosun, April 19, 2010;

  • Dogger Bank A May Not Be Fully Operational Until 2025, SSE Says

    8 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank A, the first of the three phases of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under construction, may not be fully operational until 2025, developer SSE said on 8 February. The 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being constructed in UK waters some 130 kilometres off the […]

  • New Floating Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Proposed in UK

    23 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Environmental Resources Management’s (ERM) ERM Dolphyn and Source Energie have entered into a partnership to jointly develop projects in the Celtic Sea that incorporate floating wind and green hydrogen production, with an aim to participate in the Crown Estate’s planned floating wind leasing round. Source Energie has been working for some time to identify both medium- […]

  • EMEC, CENSIS Team Up on Sensor Innovation

    28 May 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and CENSIS, the Innovation Centre for Sensor & Imaging Systems, are collaborating to support innovation and development of new sensor technologies. By helping innovative sensor technologies develop through technology readiness levels (TRL) and providing independent performance verification as technologies enter the market, the partnership aims to fast track novel […]

  • UK: South Boats IOW and Seacat Services Announce New Catamarans Order

    2 April 2013

    South Boats IOW Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd., both of the Isle of Wight, UK announced a two boat order for the construction of a further pair of South Catamaran 24m offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels. These new vessels will be built by South Boats IOW at their Cowes facility and will be delivered […]

  • California Governor Pushes for Offshore Renewables, Calls for Oil & Gas Drilling Halt

    14 December 2016

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help expand offshore renewable energy development. Under the agreement, California and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) will coordinate the environmental review of potential marine renewable energy projects, such as offshore wind and wave […]

  • Three Injured after CTV Hits Wind Turbine at German Offshore Wind Farm

    24 April 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Three persons were injured, one seriously, after a crew transfer vessel (CTV) allided with a wind turbine at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The 26-metre CTV Njord Forseti reported the incident at 6:25 pm local time, Thursday, 23 April, German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur […]

  • Interim Development Agreement for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Project (UK)

    16 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    SeaEnergy PLC is pleased to announce that its 80% subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables Limited (SERL) has signed an Interim Development Agreement (IDA) with The Crown Estate regarding certain Inch Cape wind farm development activities. The IDA formalises the Heads of Terms agreement announced in September 2010, stating that The Crown Estate will directly invest up to […]