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  • UK: Carbon Trust Publishes Roadmap for Commercial Acceptance of Floating LIDAR

    25 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator has published a roadmap for commercial acceptance of floating LIDAR technology. As part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator programme, The Carbon Trust, along with a consortium of industrial partners, are investigating the potential of floating LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology in the context of wind resource assessment for the offshore wind […]

  • Infineon and Goldwind Sign a License Agreement on IGBT Stack Technology to Serve the Wind Power Market (Germany)

    23 November 2010
    R&D

    Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co., Ltd., the Chinese leader in R&D and manufacturing of wind power equipments, today signed a license agreement for core components needed in manufacturing of wind turbines. According to the agreement, Goldwind gains the license to produce Infineon IGBT (Insulated Gate […]

  • Belgium: Mobile Bird-Radar System Tested at OWI-Lab

    31 October 2013
    Technology

    Robin Radar Systems BV, a leading supplier of bird detection systems for bird impact prevention, ecological research and environmental impact assessments, tested a trailer based bird-radar system in OWI-Lab’s large climatic test chamber last month. More and more, bird radars are used for bird migration research and risk assessment for bird impacts as these systems […]

  • GEV Wind Power Puts Blade Maintenance Habitat Through Paces

    20 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Turbine maintenance specialist GEV Wind Power has completed the first set of onshore trials for its in-house developed blade maintenance Habitat. The Habitat was installed on Power Climber and Kaeufer access platforms in varying weather conditions and ranging between 30 metres and 100 metres high, with the deployment demonstrating the flexibility and operability of the Habitat in […]

  • UK Supreme Court to Decide on Robin Rigg Case on 3 August

    31 July 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    On 3 August, the UK Supreme Court will hand down the judgement in the case of MT Højgaard vs. E.ON Climate and Renewables regarding the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm.

  • Centrica Renewables Operating Profit Takes a Dive

    19 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Centrica renewables operating profit for 2014 took a dive of 60 per cent comparing to the previous year. The company named a reduced contribution from the disposal of assets and increased costs associated with writing down developments as the reason for the profit drop. After reviewing the economic viability of the Round 3 Irish Sea […]

  • Competitive Industry

    24 February 2017

    What can be done to achieve lower costs? Which technology is required and where can companies and industries collaborate? Offshore WIND spoke to ECN’s expert in wind energy Peter Eecen on new insights that follow from ECN’s work within FLOW, the Far and Large Offshore Wind collaborative research programme.

  • First Monopile Stands at Largest US Offshore Wind Farm

    23 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    DEME Group’s heavy lift vessel, Orion, has installed the first monopile foundation for the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the US. The first six monopiles were loaded onto DEME Group’s Orion this month, and the vessel headed to the offshore construction site approximately 43 […]

  • Shimizu and Heerema to Jointly Tackle Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    2 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Shimizu Corporation and Heerema Marine Contractors have entered into a cooperation agreement for the Japanese offshore wind market. The cooperation is primarily focussed on installing turbine foundations, where Heerema will support Shimizu with engineering and offshore construction expertise. ”We look forward to supporting Shimizu on its journey in the Japanese offshore wind market. We […]

  • Parkwind Invests in Irish Offshore Wind Farm Project

    4 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgium-based offshore wind farm developer Parkwind has agreed an investment to become a strategic partner in the proposed 330MW Oriel offshore wind farm project in the North Irish Sea.

  • Photo of the Day: Haliade Nacelles Ready for Trip to USA

    6 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has shared an image of two of the five Haliade 150 6MW nacelles ready to be loaded and start their journey across the Atlantic to the Port of Providence, Rhode Island, and become the heart of the first turbines ever to generate power offshore the USA at the 30MW Block Island wind […]

  • FoundOcean to Start Dudgeon OWF Works in Spring

    23 February 2016

    FoundOcean expects to begin operations on the Dudgeon offshore wind farm during spring of this year. The company, which teamed up with BASF in 2014 to provide offshore grouting by using MasterFlow 9500 material, has been appointed by Seaway Heavy Lifting to connect transition pieces (TPs) to the monopiles at the offshore wind farm. “For a while […]

  • Sif and EWA Tackle Foundation Logistics Challenge in Asia

    16 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, R&D

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif and Japan-based East Winds Asia (EWA) have developed a method to transport and store offshore wind foundations in Asian harbors which is said to eliminate the need for additional infrastructural investments.

  • 2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Project Homeports in Virginia

    25 August 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port of Virginia has reached an agreement to lease a portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to Dominion Energy for the development of the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Under the agreement, Dominion Energy will use 72 acres of the deep-water, multi-use marine cargo Portsmouth Marine Terminal as a staging and […]

  • New CEO Takes Helm at Ørsted Offshore North America

    22 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has appointed David Hardy as its new chief executive officer for Ørsted Offshore North America. Hardy will immediately replace Thomas Brostrøm, stepping into this position after serving as the company’s president and COO. As CEO, Hardy will oversee all North American offshore wind activities, including development and operations for Ørsted’s current and future portfolio […]

  • Pfisterer Assembling Offshore Wind Team

    21 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Energy infrastructure system specialist Pfisterer is establishing a specialized offshore wind team within the PTS (Power Transmission Solutions) Cable Business Unit.

  • Denmark: Energinet.dk Calls Pre-Qualification Tenders for Horns Rev 3 Cabling Work

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Energinet.dk would like to pre-qualify a number of tenderers to deliver the HV cables for the Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm. Energinet.dk intends to pre-qualify up to 5 tenders per lot: Lot no. 1: Submarine cable transportation and laying; Lot no. 2: Delivery and installation of beach cable; Lot no. 3 is optional: System […]

  • RenewableUK Shortlists CWind

    13 June 2012

    CWind has become the 100th company to sign the RenewableUK Wind Energy Charter and has just had one of its technicians who is currently working on Avenger, CWind’s amphibious rescue vessel, shortlisted for the RenewableUK Energy Awards Trainee of the Year. CWind delivers both charter service workboats and highly skilled personnel to the offshore wind industry. Based […]

  • Polish Energy Companies to Jointly Build Offshore Wind Farms

    19 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna has signed conditional agreements with Tauron Polska Energia and Enea for the sale of shares in four project companies whose task will be to obtain location permits for the construction of offshore farms in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone in the Baltic Sea. ”Offshore wind will drive Poland’s zero-carbon energy industry. […]

  • UK: SAS, E.ON Solve Rampion’s Impact on Local Surfing Waves

    10 December 2012

    Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has announced that after its crucial intervention with E.ON, the Rampion offshore wind farm developers, potentially catastrophic damage to local surfing waves has now been averted. E.ON initially identified a potential reduction in wave height of up to 22% for surfing beaches in and around Brighton as a result of the […]

  • Belgium: ENTSO-E Opens Public Consultation for Network Code on HVDC Connections

    7 November 2013
    Grid Connection

    European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has today launched a public consultation on the draft Network Code on Connection Rules on HVDC Links and DC-Connected Power Park Modules (NC HVDC). The consultation is open for 2 months from 7 November 2013 until 7 January 2014. A public stakeholder workshop on the code […]

  • Seatools Presents Pile Cleaning and Dredging Tool

    20 April 2016
    Technology

    A Dutch subsea engineering company, Seatools, has launched a pile cleaning and dredging tool. The Pile Dredge Tool (PDT) is capable of removing soil plugs and cleaning pre-piled jackets, such as those used in the offshore wind industry. The system can also be used for other pile excavation operations as well, such as for the preparation of […]

  • NOC, Liverpool Uni Launch Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans

    12 August 2015
    Environment, R&D

    The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have entered into a new strategic partnership creating the Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans (ISCO). The new Institute is a collaborative venture that brings together marine scientists, social scientists, engineers and economists to meet the challenges of a changing ocean and a changing coastal […]

  • DONG Gets Rid of WWII UXO off Norfolk (VIDEO)

    13 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. During a large scale offshore inspection campaign on the Race Bank site, 41 UXO items were discovered, ranging […]

  • Framo Pumps for Scotland’s Largest Offshore Wind Project

    2 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Framo, part of Alfa Laval, has received an order from Saipem to supply its marine pumping systems for the Seagreen offshore wind project in Scotland. Framo’s pumping systems will be used for the suction bucket foundations, to secure and anchor the wind turbine platforms to the seabed. “This second order for our Framo pumping systems […]

  • Action Heating Up Offshore Virginia

    20 May 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea 7 has completed a cable pull-in at Camp Pendelton in Virginia, US, for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 12 MW CVOW demonstration project is being jointly developed by Dominion Energy and Ørsted. Subsea 7 won the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the wind farm in 2018 through Seaway […]