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  • Gwynt y Môr WFSV Comes to the Rescue

    8 July 2019
    Vessels

    Wind farm support vessel (WFSV) Windcat 3 has assisted in the rescue of a casualty vessel nearby the Gwynt y Môr wind farm offshore Rhyl, the UK. Windcat 3 responded to an all ships broadcast call in the morning of 7 July when the starter motor of a speedboat preparing to return from fishing seized. Four stranded […]

  • Energinet Seeks Seabed Survey Squad

    20 February 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Energinet has launched a tender seeking a contractor to carry out a seabed survey for an offshore wind farm in Denmark. Energinet is looking for a company to conduct site investigations at the site of the 800MW project and its export cable route in the North Sea and Baltic Seas, respectively. The tender is divided […]

  • WindEurope Spotlights Turkey’s Floating Wind Potential

    16 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Turkey has a huge floating offshore wind potential and could significantly support the deployment of the floating offshore wind technology, WindEurope said during a recent workshop in Istanbul entitled “Leveraging the EU offshore wind expertise in Turkey”.

  • Maltese Start-Up Developing Floating Energy Storage

    5 February 2018
    R&D, Technology

    A start-up from the University of Malta is developing a floating energy storage system that uses pressurised seawater and compressed air, and can be integrated directly into a platform of a floating renewable energy device such as a floating wind turbine. 

  • Fukushima Hamakaze Taking Final Shape

    31 May 2016
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The Fukushima Hamakaze construction, built for the 14MW Fukushima Forward floating wind farm demonstration project, was completed after a 5MW Hitachi downwind turbine was mounted on an advanced spar floater in the port of Sumoto, Japan. The construction is expected to be towed to the demo site off Fukushima in July. The 51-metre wide floater started its journey from […]

  • Nordlink Connection Moves Forward

    11 February 2015

    TenneT, Statnett, and KfW have given a green light for the electricity connection between Norway and Germany by signing the ownership agreement yesterday. Construction of the system will start as soon as contracts are signed with the contractors responsible for the production and installation of the cable and converter stations. ‘This is again a major step towards […]

  • Order placed for jack-up crane vessels based on Wärtsilä-IMS design

    9 March 2010

    Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of the German utility company RWE, as its designer to provide the basic design and consultancy services for a jack-up crane vessel.

  • Norway: ANDRITZ Increases Stake in Hammerfest Strøm

    7 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    International technology Group ANDRITZ increased its stake in Hammerfest Strøm AS from 33.3% to 55.4%. The other major shareholders are the local Norwegian utility company Hammerfest Energi and the Spanish utility company Iberdrola. The company will operate under the name of ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest in the future and is a world market leader in technologies […]

  • UK: BlueWaterDanbrit Introduces New Business Development Manager

    19 June 2012

    BlueWaterDanbrit participated at RenewablesUK´s trade exhibition, which was held in London 13-14 June 2012. “Before the exhibition, we attended A2Seas’s golf event as both players and sponsors, and the event was a great start to the exhibition week. In addition to a good round of golf, we had the possibility of networking with the other […]

  • Tidal Lagoon Power Tests 2D Physical Model

    27 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Developer of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd, has completed testing of its two-dimensional physical model at HR Wallingford in Oxfordshire. A section of bund wall has been constructed to scale in a 1.2-metre deep flume at HR Wallingford, where the stability of rock armour was tested under various design conditions and […]

  • USA: Guam Perfect for Drilled Hydrothermal Energy, Innovator Says

    18 September 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Cotherm of America Corporation’s managing director Ted Jagusztyn, who holds a patent for drilled hydrothermal energy (DHE) technology, has set his eyes on developing this kind of energy infrastructure on the island of Guam, USA. He visited the island of Guam, where he met with the Guam Power Authority, the University of Guam, and Guam […]

  • James Fisher, OMS Perform Wind Turbine Oil Exchange at Thornton Bank

    7 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) and its partner Oil Management and Services (OMS) have carried out oil exchange on wind turbines at Belgian Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. The operation involved the removal and disposal of oil from three Senvion wind turbines with JFMS Ship-to-Turbine oil exchange system for direct extraction and refill of offshore […]

  • VIDEO: Alstom’s 6MW Turbine Spinning at Belwind Site

    7 April 2014
    Technology

    Last year in November, Alsom installed 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. This is the largest offshore wind turbine ever installed in sea waters. It consists of 150-metre rotor, and can power around 5,000 households. Check out this video of the most powerful offshore wind turbine made by Alstom. […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of Blue Ocean Cable Protectors at UK Offshore Windfarm

    14 February 2013

    The Blue Ocean Projects (BOP) range of Cable Protectors is designed to provide protection for subsea cables or pipes at offshore wind or tidal energy foundations, in shallow water and at landfalls, boulder fields or areas of rocky seabed where cable burial is impractical. In this video Blue Ocean Projects demonstrates installation of Blue Ocean […]

  • AWEA’s Offshore Windpower 2012 Kicks Off in Virginia, USA

    9 October 2012

    The AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference and Exhibition in Virginia Beach kicks off as the people involved and interested in the offshore wind sector gather on its first day, the Associated Press reports. The featured speakers today are Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Tommy Beaudreau. The […]

  • ‘Victoria Mathias’ Installs First Foundations at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)

    19 December 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    The first foundations at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been installed. The main crane of the Victoria Mathias lifts the 550-tonne steel foundations into the water. Whith roughly 40- to 50-metre-long steel piles the foundations are fixed into the seafloor. Then a hydraulic hammer knocks them 40 metres into the earth. After that […]

  • GBP 72 Billion Lay in Fighting Corrosion in Offshore Renewables

    1 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Offshore renewable energy sector in Europe – including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy industries – could create up to GBP 72 billion of supply chain opportunities in anti-corrosion solutions and the development of new materials by 2050.

  • Seaway Ventus Now Sporting Its Second Telescopic Leg Crane

    24 March 2023
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    The second telescopic leg crane has been installed onboard Seaway 7’s next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Seaway Ventus, which is under construction at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Nantong, China. In the coming weeks, the mechanical crane assembly works and reeving will be finalised and the commissioning and load testing will start, said […]

  • EDF Awards Offshore Wind Survey Contracts for Bay of Biscay Site

    4 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    EDF Renouvelables (EDF Renewables) has awarded contracts for geotechnical, geophysical and unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys for an offshore wind site in the Bay of Biscay. A consortium between Geotec SAS and Igeotest will carry out geotechnical survey in water depths of between 20 and 80 metres for site complementary characterisation, or as support to installation […]

  • New Joint Venture Exploring South African Offshore Wind Market

    13 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Swedish floating multi-turbine platform designer Hexicon AB and South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments are joining forces to explore the development of offshore wind in South Africa. The development program will be carried out via a joint venture company in South Africa named GenesisHexicon (Pty) Ltd. “This is the winning formula for large scale energy production […]

  • Scaldis Trying Out Gulliver’s Mooring Capabilities

    4 April 2018
    Vessels

    The new self-propelled DP2 crane vessel Gulliver, owned and operated by Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors, is undergoing mooring trials in Alexiahaven in the Netherlands, according to Royal IHC’s social media pages.

  • Elia Seeks Offshore SwitchYard Installation Contractor

    20 January 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Technology

    Elia Asset N.V., part of the Elia Group, has invited tenders for the installation of the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) Platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian North Sea. The contract includes, but is not limited to, installation, engineering, providing cargo barge, transport to the offshore location and demobilisation of the installation […]

  • Minesto Could Deploy Full-Scale Deep Green in Wales

    10 September 2013
    Technology

    Minesto has identified the Welsh waters as candidate for a full-scale deployment of Deep Green after extensive measurements of the sea conditions carried out by SEACAMS, a Welsh research project that offers marine businesses access to research facilities, expertise and knowledge from Welsh Universities. “We are very excited about these promising developments, and we see […]

  • Germany: Nordic Yards Undocks First Converter Platform Foundation

    29 March 2013

    The foundation of a large converter platform has been pulled out of the dock hall at the Wismar shipyard. Prior to this, the shipbuilding hall was completely flooded, NDR.de news site informs. The next step is shipping the foundation of the “HelWin alpha” platform to the North Sea. It will be anchored to the seabed, […]

  • Gas Natural Fenosa promotes “Zefir Test Station” off-shore wind energy project (Spain)

    13 September 2010
    R&D

    In a joint project with other companies and organisations, the energy company is working on the development of an international R&D station off the Catalan coast to carry out research into offshore wind energy. GAS NATURAL FENOSA has signed an agreement with the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) to develop and build an international […]

  • Denmark: Illuminating Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    5 October 2012

    Before the wind turbine installation at Anholt wind farm was commenced, all activities in the wind farm were focusing on the seabed and the water surface, but with the erection of the first wind turbines, Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has suddenly started becoming a visible skyline – with a more precise height of 141.6 metres. […]