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  • Arcadis, BLIX to Work on Dutch Offshore Wind Zones

    27 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded Arcadis Nederland BV and BLIX Consultancy BV with contracts covering expert support on soil investigations and expert support on wind and water investigations at the new offshore wind zones in the Dutch North Sea. Arcadis Nederland BV is the winner of Lot 1 which includes expert support on […]

  • China’s First Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Rolls Out

    28 May 2021
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    China’s first floating offshore wind turbine is now rolling off the production line, the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, MingYang Smart Energy, said. MySE5.5MW typhoon-resistant floating wind turbine, independently developed by MingYang Smart Energy, has been assembled at MingYang’s Yangjiang manufacturing facility. This milestone marks the upcoming installation and application of the first floating prototype in […]

  • Akrocean to Supply LiDARs Offshore France

    8 January 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Akrocean has secured a contract by Meteo-France to supply floating LiDARs for future offshore wind projects in France. Under the four-year master service agreement, Akrocean will provide wind and ocean data using its WINDSEA floating LiDAR with an aim to de-risk future projects in French waters. Established as part of series of measures intended to […]

  • JDR Wins Hywind Tampen Cable Contract

    14 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    JDR Cable Systems has secured a contract with Equinor to provide inter-array and export cables for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. JDR will design and manufacture eleven 66kV dynamic inter-array cables and two static export cables, each equipped with a JDR-designed breakaway system and a range of cable accessories for delivery […]

  • Maine PUC Delays Decision on Aqua Ventus Power Contract

    11 January 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided on 9 January not to give its final decision on a power contract between Maine Aqua Ventus and Central Maine Power Co. yet, saying that more public comment is required as the energy market has changed since the initial terms were approved in 2014, according to the state’s media. 

  • Wpd Gets Approval for First Finish Offshore Wind Farm

    22 February 2011
    Authorities

    In what is regarded as milestone decision Finish authorities granted the water permit to Suurhiekka offshore wind farm, the first full scale offshore project of the country. The project of 80 turbines has been developed by wpd since 2007 and aims for start of construction in 2014 – depending on the government’s decision on a […]

  • Gardline Mobilises New Survey Vessel in Lowestoft (UK)

    14 April 2011
    Technology

    MV Ivero, the latest edition to the Gardline vessel fleet, has recently been mobilised in Lowestoft, ready to commence a geophysical survey for a wind farm development, offshore Germany. This follows on from a significant benthic sampling campaign over a large wind farm development site, offshore of East Anglia. The vessel has been extensively upgraded […]

  • Seafloor Carpet to Harness Wave Energy

    30 January 2014
    Technology

    Assistant professor Reza Alam, an expert in wave mechanics, proposes the seafloor “carpet” which will convert ocean waves into usable energy. “There is a vast amount of untapped energy in the oceans, and with increasing worldwide demand for power, the need to find cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels is critical,” said Alam. Marcus Lehmann, a […]

  • Canada: SRM Receives Transport Canada NWPP’s Approval for Two Projects

    16 August 2013
    Authorities, R&D

    SRM Projects received Transport Canada Navigable Waters Protection Program’s (NWPP) approval in July 2013 for its proposed tidal energy investigative license applications at South Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows. SRM Projects initiated tidal energy investigative license applications in 2012 for several sites around Vancouver Island. An investigative license gives a proponent the right to complete […]

  • Alicat & South Boats IOW to Build Two WFSVs for GBP 5.5 Mln

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Alicat & South Boats IOW, the UK’s manufacturer of state of the art Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs), has received a £5.5 million, two-workboat order from Lowestoft-based operator Iceni Marine Services. With Lowestoft having just been selected as the base for operations and maintenance for the planned 340MW Galloper wind farm off the East Coast, […]

  • Germany: SeaRenergy to Install Two Offshore Wind Farm Converter Platforms

    7 January 2013

    SeaRenergy Offshore has been selected by Siemens for the transportation and installation of two HVDC converter platforms for the offshore wind cluster BorWin 2 and HelWin 1 in the North Sea. The platforms which consist of a base frame and a topside shall be towed from Nordic Yards in Wismar and Warnemünde to the designated […]

  • Geomara, Norfolk Marine Carry Out Robin Rigg Survey

    29 May 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    A survey team from Geomara onboard the vessel Norfolk Swif has completed a full site survey of E.ON’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm and export cables.

  • Carnegie Works on Bringing Wave Energy to Chile

    26 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) has provided an update to its activities in South America. Carnegie has been investigating opportunities in South America generally and Chile specifically in the past years through its local 100% owned subsidiary, CWE Chile. According to the company, Chile is one of South America’s fastest growing and strongest […]

  • Peru Authorizes Atmocean’s Wave Energy Project

    15 May 2015
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    The Peruvian Navy has officially signed off on permitting which grants US wave energy developer Atmocean a one-year license to demonstrate its wave energy technology in Ilo, a coastal city in southern Peru. Atmocean will deploy a system consisting of five connected seawater pumps by early June, leading to the potential installation of full commercial […]

  • BOEM Greenlights 12MW Wind Demo Offshore Virginia

    25 March 2016
    Authorities, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has paved the way for a 12MW offshore wind demonstration project in Virginia by approving the first Research Activities Plan (RAP) for a wind energy facility in U.S. federal waters. The project, for which the final engineering review is pending, involves the installation and operation of two 6MW turbines and associated cabling to […]

  • 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 […]

  • LM Wind Power Marks Global Wind Day With Some ‘Long’ News (Denmark)

    15 June 2011

      Today, Global Wind Day is marked across the world, celebrating the strong message that wind power works. The past three decades of technological development have seen continuous improvements in the relative cost efficiency of wind versus other renewable and conventional energy sources like hydrocarbons. LM Wind Power is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of […]

  • SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR CONTINUED FEDERAL SUPPORT OF DEEPWATER OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT (USA)

    21 May 2010
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Washington, DC – In an effort to expand and diversify American energy resources, improve our environment, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create thousands of new, clean energy jobs, U.S. Senator Susan Collins is urging Senate Appropriators to allocate federal funding to support the development of deepwater offshore wind technology. The University of Maine […]

  • US to Pour USD 30 Million Into Lowering Costs of Large Wind Turbines

    13 February 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a USD 30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that could allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently. Lightweight composite materials reduce emissions in a variety of ways, including by enabling more efficient wind power generation and lightening […]

  • TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Starts Operating

    1 December 2021
    R&D, Technology

    The TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine has been commissioned and is now operating some 10 miles off Norway’s coast in water depths of 200 metres. The fully-assembled floating wind turbine, comprising the TetraSpar floating foundation and a 3.6 MW Siemens Gamesa direct-drive wind turbine, was towed from Denmark and installed at the METCentre test site […]

  • GL Hosts ‘Towards a Cleaner Maritime Industry’ Exchange Forum (Germany)

    20 June 2011

      In a world increasingly dominated by the need to reduce environmental impacts, what role does shipping have to play? Technological solutions exist, but which will prove to be the most beneficial and cost effective, and which lie over the horizon? What impact will the other players in the marine and coastal realm have, as […]

  • Sandbank OSS Installed (Gallery)

    10 May 2016

    The installation of Sandbank offshore wind farm’s offshore substation has been completed. It took around three hours to lift the topside from the transport ship and place it on the 51 metres high jacket foundation. The positioning and installation of the substation at sea, placed in water depth of 28 metres, was carried out by the installation vessel Stanislav Yudin. The 288MW Sandbank […]

  • DNV Approves Entrion Wind’s Monopile Concept for 100-Metre Depths

    5 April 2023
    Authorities, Business development, Research & Development, Technology

    DNV has awarded Entrion Wind with a Statement of Feasibility for its fully restrained platform (FRP) offshore wind foundation technology said to extend the operating depth of the monopile technology to up to 100 metres. DNV issued a Statement of Feasibility, affirming that the FRP monopile is considered conceptually feasible and a promising candidate for […]

  • Four Missing After Jack-Up Vessel Tilts at Offshore Wind Farm in China

    26 July 2021
    Vessels

    The Sheng Ping 001 jack-up vessel, formerly Teras Fortress 2, tilted on 25 July while working at the site of China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGN) wind farm off Huizhou, with four people reported missing, China’s media report. The vessel, carrying 65 people, tilted around 11 a.m. on 25 July, with several of those on […]

  • RenewableUK: Offshore Wind Readies for Take-Off

    2 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The offshore wind industry is gearing up for growing use of helicopters and drones as more than 50% of turbines consented or planned in Europe are over 250m tall, according to RenewableUK. RenewableUK’s latest Project Intelligence report shows that those projects, all located in UK waters, will mainly use turbines over 280m tall, while the […]