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  • Bluestream Inspects TenneT’s HVDC Platforms in Germany

    2 November 2017
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Dutch offshore inspection services provider, Bluestream Offshore, has carried out extensive inspection work on three TenneT’s HVDC platforms in the German sector of the North Sea: BorWin Alpha, DolWin Alpha and DolWin Beta.

  • 1.2 GW Taiwanese Floating Offshore Wind Project Moves Forward

    15 January 2024
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Huan Ya offshore wind project, being developed by Taiya Renewable Energy, has received preliminary approval of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The Huan Ya offshore wind project will be located off the coast of Zhunan Township, Houlong Township, and Tongxiao Township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. The wind farm’s surface area is about 74.08 square […]

  • Mediterranean Pioneer Entering Offshore Construction Phase

    1 September 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution has set sail to Italy to build the first wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea – the 30 MW Taranto offshore wind farm. The Taranto offshore wind farm, also known as Beleolico, is located near the Taranto harbour in Italy and consists of ten MySE 3.0-135 wind turbines […]

  • Nexans, Bureau Veritas Join Forces to Lower Export Cable Risks

    30 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    Bureau Veritas (BV) and Nexans have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to onshore grids. With insurers’ studies confirming that high voltage power cables are among the most critical elements of offshore wind farms, the reliability […]

  • SeaTwirl Granted Patent in Japan

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology

    SeaTwirl has been granted a patent for its divisible offshore wind turbine by the Japanese Patent Office. “Japan has great water depths and large cities along the coasts, which is an interesting market for our floating wind turbine, especially when Japan has set a goal of becoming CO2 neutral by 2050. To protect our ideas […]

  • SBSS Targets Offshore Wind with Converted Cable Lay Barge

    30 October 2020
    Vessels

    Chinese provider of submarine cable installation and maintenance solutions S.B. Submarine Systems (SBSS) has taken delivery of Fu Yong 6, a 5,500t power cable installation and maintenance barge. On a long-term charter with Zhoushan Yongbo Shipping, Fu Yong 6 was delivered from Zhoushan Huafeng yard, where the ex-transportation barge was converted into a multi-purpose cable […]

  • Swancor Renewable Energy Signs Floating Wind MOU in Taiwan

    19 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Swancor Renewable Energy and Taiwan’s Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on floating offshore wind. Under the MOU, the two parties will cooperate on advancing the deployment of floating wind technology in Taiwanese waters and supporting the development of a local supply chain for floating wind. The […]

  • ABS Certifies WindFloat Atlantic Floating Turbines

    4 November 2019
    Technology

    The classification society ABS has certified the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind turbines, the first of which was installed off the coast of Portugal in October. The semi-submersible platforms, designed by Principle Power, are fitted out with 8.4 MW MHI Vestas offshore wind turbines and will be installed at a water depth of 100m. The 25 […]

  • Seajacks Scylla Christened in Great Yarmouth

    3 March 2016
    Vessels

    The Seajacks Scylla, the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessel, was christened in Great Yarmouth on Thursday afternoon, 3 March.  The ceremonial champagne bottle was released by the vessel’s Godmother, Akiko Inoue, the wife of Seajacks’ chairman, Soichi Inoue. Seajacks’ CEO, Blair Ainslie, told almost 400 guests at the reception held on the quayside of […]

  • ABPmer Publishes Appraisal About Effect on European Designated Sites (UK)

    22 March 2011

    An appraisal undertaken by ABPmer for Marine Scotland, that considers the effect on European designated sites of planned offshore wind developments in Scottish Waters, has recently been published. The Scottish Government has prepared a draft Plan which considers the potential of Scottish Territorial Waters to accommodate Offshore Wind Energy. ABPmer was commissioned to complete a […]

  • MMT Installs Kongsberg EM2040 Echo Sounder on Its Multi-Purpose Vessel

    25 March 2014
    R&D, Technology

    MMT Group has acquired a Kongsberg EM2040D. A 0.4 x 0.7 degree dual head multibeam system has recently been installed on MMT’s long term charted multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) Stril Explorer. This is a highly developed multibeam echo sounder that combines all of the advanced features of deepwater echo sounders to the shallower water or […]

  • Scottish Renewables Comments Launch of Marine Energy Park

    30 July 2012

    Scottish Renewables comments on today’s launch of a new Marine Energy Park in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters by Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker. Lindsay Roberts, Policy Manager for Scottish Renewables, who attended the official launch of the marine park in Thurso, said: “The designation of Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park is […]

  • UK: Gardline Signs Charter Contract with Red7Marine

    10 May 2012

    Gardline Geosciences Limited announces that it has signed a contract with Red7Marine for the long term charter of the 91 m, DP2 vessel DP Reel.  The addition of the DP Reel increases Gardline’s geotechnical fleet to 7 units, of which 3 are based in European waters.  This vessel will undertake borehole, seabed sampling and cone […]

  • ZTT Enters Offshore Wind Construction Market, Orders Three Vessels

    20 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Zhongtian Technology (ZTT) has signed an agreement with China Merchants Heavy Industry for the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) and one crane vessel, after the Chinese power cables manufacturer entered the offshore wind construction market this summer.

  • 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.

  • Metocean Studies Underway for First Welsh Floating Wind Farms

    27 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Metocean studies for the Erebus and Valorous projects, the first floating wind farms to be built in Welsh waters, are now underway, the developer Blue Gem Wind reported on 27 July. The studies, which will support the design of the two floating wind projects, are being performed by ABPmer, which will deliver the certifiable metocean […]

  • Australia’s First Offshore Wind Project Needs Environment Effects Statement

    26 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Victorian Minister for Planning has decided that an Environment Effects Statement (EES) is required for Star of the South, the first offshore wind project in Australia. The Minister explains that the project has the potential for a range of significant effects on native vegetation, habitat of terrestrial and aquatic species, water environments, Aboriginal cultural […]

  • IHC IQIP Turns Offshore Installation Silent Mode On

    13 June 2019
    Technology

    IHC IQIP has developed a new dampening system add-on said to considerably reduce noise levels during the installation of offshore wind foundations. The system, called Pulse, reduces noise levels at the source creating an environmentally friendly installation while being positioned between hammer and sleeve. According to IHC IQIP, it reduces the Sound Equivalent Level (SEL) from […]

  • Statoil Floats First Hywind Scotland Foundations off Stord

    29 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    The first two of the five SPAR-type floating foundations built by the Navantia-Windar consortium for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland floating wind farm have arrived to the project’s assembly base in Stord, Norway. The two floating foundations were loaded onto the semi-submersible vessel Albatross at Navantia’s Fene shipyard in Spain in early May. The two foundations […]

  • German Lower Saxony Funds Research Project on Lobster Settlement at Offshore Wind Farms

    19 April 2013
    Environment, R&D

    With just under EUR 700,000, Lower Saxony is supporting a pilot project for the settlement of the European lobsters at the offshore wind farm “Riffgat”. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, have started to rear 3,000 lobsters, which they will release back into the water in 2014. They […]

  • Densit Completes Substation Grouting at Borkum Riffgrund 1

    10 December 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    The turn-key grouting solution was provided to Volker Staal en Funderingen by Densit. The complete grouting package included the supply of UHPC grouting material, grouting equipment, supervisor assistance, as well as the overall planning and coordination at all stages of the project. The installation works were performed on board of Rambiz vessel owned by Scaldis […]

  • Denmark Maps Out 12.4GW Offshore Wind Zone

    26 April 2019
    Authorities, R&D

    A recent survey has identified locations for future wind farms in waters off Denmark which could support the development of 12.4GW of offshore wind capacity, according to Denmark’s Energy, Utilities and Climate Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt. Overall, the survey has identified a suitable offshore wind area which could potentially accommodate a minimum of 40GW of offshore […]

  • Floaters ‒ Game Changers for Offshore Wind?

    23 March 2015

    At least nine floating projects are likely to come online by 2020, claims Douglas-Westwood. These projects will total to 225MW with a further six projects in the pipeline provide upside potential, according to their database. “We’re not competing with fixed foundations, we’re just creating the future. And that future’s not that far away,” said CEO […]

  • Repayment Terms of Existing Loan Facility Extended (UK)

    24 December 2010

    SeaEnergy (AIM: SEA) today announces that it has agreed an extension to the terms of an existing £3.8 million loan facility until 31 January 2011, the facility is provided by LC Capital Master Fund, Ltd (“LC”), a major shareholder in SeaEnergy. This follows an announcement on 30 September 2010 that LC had agreed an increase […]

  • UK Energy Minister Reaffirms Government’s Commitment to Wave and Tidal Power

    28 February 2013
    Authorities

    RenewableUK has welcomed comments made by the Energy and Climate Change Minister Gregory Barker in his opening speech at the trade association’s Annual Wave and Tidal Conference in London, in which he declared that “now is the time for the next bold steps – moving from individual projects to large scale arrays”.  Addressing over 500 […]

  • Oceanflow to Advance Its Tidal Energy Device with GBP 300,000

    6 March 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Tidal energy developer, Oceanflow Energy Limited, has attracted a £300,000 package of support to further develop and commercialise its second generation tidal energy device, Evopod. The company, which has been supported by Scottish Enterprise through its WATERS scheme, has developed and patented a technology to generate electricity from tidal streams and ocean currents. Its product, […]