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  • Vattenfall Wraps Up First Ever Offshore Wind Farm Decommissioning

    25 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall’s Yttre Stengrund wind farm has disappeared from the horizon in Kalmar Sound, Sweden, the power company said in a statement. Work on dismantling the five wind turbines with a total capacity of 10 megawatt (MW) which made up the Yttre Stengrund wind farm in Kalmar Sound began at the end of November. The job of […]

  • The Netherlands: TrustLube Gives ‘Sneak Peek’ of its Innovative Open Gear Lubrication System

    12 October 2011
    Technology

      TrustLube is a dynamic Dutch company that specializes in innovative and environmentally sound lubrication systems. TrustLube products enable the maritime, (petro)chemical and food industry to save a considerable amount of time, money and energy. For each lubrication point an exact dosage of lubricant is used. The systems are suitable for oil and grease lubrication. […]

  • Siemens’ Semi-Offshore Turbines Generate 400Mln kWh

    14 August 2014
    Technology

    Four Siemens semi-offshore wind turbines in Denmark have reached the significant milestone of having each generated 100 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity since being installed in 2003. This is also a world record for the company. The combined production of 400 million kWh is enough clean energy to power over 100,000 average Danish households […]

  • Study Looks Into Macrobenthic Recovery After Dredging in Offshore Wind Farm

    14 November 2014
    Environment, R&D

    A new paper on macrobenthic recovery after dredging activities in offshore wind farms has been published by Springer Link. The article was authored by Delphine A. Coates, Gert van Hoey, Liesbet Colson, Magda Vincx and Jan Vanaverbeke. The abstract says: The development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) in the North Sea has increased considerably to create alternatives for fossil fuel energy. […]

  • Second Windea SOV Named and Ready for Sandbank

    2 March 2017
    Vessels

    Windea Leibniz, the second service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte Offshore and ICBC Leasing from Ulstein, will start working for Siemens at the Sandbank wind farm in April, after being named at a ceremony held today.

  • Transition Piece Manufacturer(s) Wanted for Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    20 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    A Germany-headquartered offshore wind developer has launched a tender seeking transition piece supplier(s) for its large-scale wind farm offshore Germany. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:

  • New Method Said to Cut Offshore Wind Installation Time by 89 Per Cent

    14 July 2021
    Technology, Vessels

    A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and lower the installation costs. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:

  • Honourable Bernard Valcourt to Lead Canadian Delegation to ICOE

    16 October 2012

    The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Associate Minister of National Defence and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie), will lead a Canadian delegation to the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) in Dublin, Ireland on October 15-17, 2012. The ICOE is an international conference and trade show focused on the industrial development of renewable […]

  • Rope access: Working at heights

    24 June 2013

    When working in the rope access sector of the offshore wind industry it is not only an advantage not to be sea sick but also not to have a fear of heights and confined spaces. The rope access companies not only send their workers offshore in support vessels, but they also require that their workers carry out their […]

  • Acta Marine to Provide SOV for German Offshore Wind Farms

    9 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    The Netherlands-based Acta Marine has won an EU tender to provide a service operations vessel (SOV) during operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Acta Marine will provide SOV for the service campaigns in 2024, 2025, and 2026 on the DanTysk […]

  • Global Wind Service Assisting MHI Vestas with Floating Giants

    12 November 2020
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Global Wind Service (GWS) is supporting MHI Vestas Offshore Wind with pre-assembly and installation activities on the Kincardine floating wind project. The 49.625 MW Kincardine is located 15 kilometres south of the Aberdeen coast in Scotland. The wind farm will comprise five MHI Vestas V164 9.525 MW wind turbines and one 2 MW MHI Vestas […]

  • Scots Awarding Half a Million Pounds for Offshore Wind

    3 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    Crown Estate Scotland is awarding GBP 500,000 for the development of the local offshore wind market. The funds comprise GBP 300,000 for Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) projects and GBP 200,000 for environmental research. The awarding of SOWEC funding will be linked to criteria which include aligning with the goals of the Offshore Wind […]

  • GIEK’s Offshore Wind Portfolio Quadruples in H1 2020

    21 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind portfolio of the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) has quadrupled since the end of last year, the agency reported on 21 July. GIEK’s offshore wind portfolio since the end of 2019 until now amounts to NOK 4.2 billion (approximately EUR 399 million), while the state-owned agency is actively seeking new business […]

  • EIB Loan for TenneT’s Dutch Offshore Wind Grid Expansion

    9 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 250 million loan agreement with TenneT for the western section of the Zuidwest 380kV offshore grid project in the Netherlands. The financing will support the construction of a new 380kV transmission line, combined with a 150kV line for part of the route, from the substation at […]

  • WaveWalker 1 Walkin’ Down the Beach (Video)

    21 January 2020
    Vessels

    Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Ltd. has shared a video showing the WaveWalker 1 walking jack-up barge in action at the project. WaveWalker 1 has been at the Thorntonloch Beach in East Lothian, Scotland, over the last week, exploring the best options for installing the wind farm’s offshore export cable. The nearshore geotechnical survey work […]

  • Nexans Wins Export Cable Contract in France

    20 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Nexans has secured a contract with RTE France to provide offshore and onshore power export cables for the Saint Brieuc offshore wind project in France. As part of the EUR 115 million contract, Nexans will supply and install 67km of offshore and 93km of onshore power export cables at the project. The company will supply […]

  • JD Contractor Starts Laying Horns Rev C Subsea Cable

    6 June 2016
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Danish national transmission system operator Energinet.dk has started works to install a 33-kilometre subsea cable which will connect the offshore substation at the 400MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm to the power grid on land. JD Contractor’s multipurpose offshore installation vessel Sima will install the 222kV cable from the Horns Rev C substation, to around 1,500 metres from […]

  • No Tiree Array Welcomes ScottishPower’s Decision

    13 December 2013

    No Tiree Array, a campaigning group that opposes the development of the Argyll Array offshore wind farm, has issued the following press release regarding the latest news about the project: Scottish Power has announced dropping development of their proposed TIREE (Argyll) Array. The proposed TIREE (Argyll) Array was to be the largest offshore wind farm […]

  • First Subsea to Launch New OWF Cabling Equipment

    10 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    First Subsea will launch a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles and top tension connector for floating wind turbines on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015.  “First Subsea connector technology gives installation companies the ability to significantly reduce cable installation and mooring costs while improving the quality of these subsea connections,” says John Shaw, managing […]

  • ALE Details on Handling Rentel OSS Foundation Parts

    27 October 2017

    Heavy transportation and lifting contractor ALE has informed that it carried out the weighing, transportation and load-out of the J-tube cage and transition piece (TP) for the Rentel offshore substation (OSS) foundation at the Navacel dock in Bilbao, Spain.

  • ORE Catapult Develops New Tidal Turbine Methodology

    14 September 2015
    R&D, Technology

    The first phase of the Tidal Turbine Powertrain Reliability Project (TiPTORs), led by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has delivered a ‘Design for Reliability’ (DfR) methodology which provides a robust and systematic approach to developing tidal turbine drivetrains. The methodology, developed in partnership with Ricardo and DNV GL, allows designers to understand and control […]

  • Global Blade Technology to Build Two Wind Turbine Blade Factories in Indiana (USA)

    16 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Blade maker Global Blade Technology will spend $17.6 million to place two wind turbine blade factories in the state of Indiana, saying it’s expecting possible demand from renewable energy developers in the Midwest and future offshore wind projects in the country. The company will lease 45,000 square feet of space at Park 41 in Evansville, […]

  • UK Surveillance Tech on South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

    17 March 2020
    Technology

    Cambridge Pixel has supplied its RadarWatch and target tracking technology to an offshore wind farm in South Korea. The UK company supplied the RadarWatch coastal surveillance software, target tracking and radar recording technology to Klein Marine Systems, a subsidiary of Mitcham Industries, as part of a project to protect the wind farm and its associated […]

  • Sweden: MMT Fully Equips ROTVs for Geophysical Surveys

    14 October 2013

    MMT has two remotely operated towed vehicles (ROTV) equipped with various survey equipment for complete geophysical surveys. MMT has now upgraded the systems to be fully equipped with side scan sonars and sub bottom profilers, in addition to multibeam echo sounders, inertial navigation system and doppler velocity log. This means a complete geophysical survey can be […]

  • Top News of the Week May 30 – Jun 5, 2016

    5 June 2016

    Timelapse: Dudgeon Foundation Eased Into Place Statoil has shared a timelapse video of one of 67 foundations for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm being installed in the UK part of the North Sea. Sandbank Partners Streamlining Turbine Installation Process Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM), together with project partner Siemens, have developed an optimised concept […]

  • Prysmian Completes Inter-Array Cable System Offshore France

    27 December 2023
    Cables, Grid Connection, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Prysmian has commissioned the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm located in the English Channel, some 24 kilometres off the French coast, in Normandy. The Fécamp offshore wind farm is comprised of 71 Siemens Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines with a total capacity of nearly 500 MW, generating clean electricity equivalent to the […]